Did the medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system result in changes in relative patient severity and relative resource use?

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-130

  Paddock, Susan M ^a   Escarce, José J ^b   Hayden, Orla ^a   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Provider payment; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 33846462460     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000250863.65686.bc     Document Type: Article

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