The impact of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on staffing of long-term acute care hospitals: The early evidence

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-273

  Nayar, Preethy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects models; Long term acute care hospitals; Medicare's Prospective Payment System; Staffing intensity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCOME; MARKETING; MEDICARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL CARE; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249101214     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000324911.26896.d8     Document Type: Article

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