Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
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The change in Federal fiscal year 1984 from cost-based reimbursement to prospective payment at a fixed price for a known and defined product--the hospital stay--represents a fundamental change in the role of the Medicare program within the health care delivery system. In this article, national and selected geographic trends in Medicare short-stay hospital inpatient discharges since 1981 are presented, and they show the impact of the implementation of the prospective payment system.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990