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Are the diagnosis-related group case weights compressed?

One problem noted recently with the diagnosis-related group payment system is that the distribution of Medicare case weights and case-mix indexes are compressed; that is, the payment rates for high-cost procedures are too low and those for low-cost procedures are too high. Despite the attention comp...

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Autores principales: Thorpe, Kenneth E., Cretin, Shan, Keeler, Emmett B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10313085