Vulnerability of rural hospitals to Medicare outpatient payment reform

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Mohr, Penny E ^a   Franco, Sheila J ^b   Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^b   Cheng, C Michael ^b   Evans, William N ^b  

^a Proj HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TAX;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, UNDER 100; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OWNERSHIP; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033375191     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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