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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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10313085
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description 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 compression has received, there are no direct estimates of its magnitude or importance. Presented in this article are an empirical test for compression and a suggestion for a simple correction to decompress the relative prices.
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spelling pubmed-41929212014-11-04 Are the diagnosis-related group case weights compressed? Thorpe, Kenneth E. Cretin, Shan Keeler, Emmett B. Health Care Financ Rev Research Article 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 compression has received, there are no direct estimates of its magnitude or importance. Presented in this article are an empirical test for compression and a suggestion for a simple correction to decompress the relative prices. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1988 /pmc/articles/PMC4192921/ /pubmed/10313085 Text en
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