Inefficiency differences between critical access hospitals and prospectively paid rural hospitals.
The Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) contains incentives for hospitals to improve efficiency by placing them at financial risk to earn a positive margin on services rendered to Medicare patients. Concerns about the financial viability of small rural hospitals led to the implementation of th...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 95 - 127 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Duke University Press
Feb2010
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