Medicare postacute care payment reforms have potential to improve efficiency of care, but may need changes to cut costs

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1941-1950

  Grabowski, David C ^a   Huckfeldt, Peter J ^b   Sood, Neeraj ^c   Escarce, José J ^b,d   Newhouse, Joseph P ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE;

COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION NURSING; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870993944     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0351     Document Type: Article

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