Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88

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 sel...

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Autores principales: Edwards, Winston O., Gibson, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1990
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Health Care Financing Trends
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10113267
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description 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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spelling pubmed-41930852014-11-04 Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88 Edwards, Winston O. Gibson, David A. Health Care Financ Rev Health Care Financing Trends 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. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC4193085/ /pubmed/10113267 Text en
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title_full Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
title_fullStr Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
title_full_unstemmed Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
title_short Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
title_sort geographic variations in medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88
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