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Rural Hospital Wages and the Area Wage Index

We examined data on hospital hourly wages and the prospective payment system (PPS) wage index from 1990 to 1997, to determine if incremental changes to the index have improved its precision and equity as a regional cost adjuster. The differential between average rural and urban PPS hourly wages has...

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Autores principales: Dalton, Kathleen, Slifkin, Rebecca T., Howard, Hilda A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12545604