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The impact of Medicare copayments for skilled nursing facilities on length of stay, outcomes, and costs

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of Medicare's skilled nursing facility (SNF) copayment policy, with a large increase in the daily copayment rate on the 20th day of a benefit period, on length of stay, patient outcomes, and costs. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING: Retrospective cohort study f...

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Autores principales: Werner, Rachel M., Konetzka, R. Tamara, Qi, Mingyu, Coe, Norma B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31657002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13227