Alternative approaches to physician reimbursement under medicare: a simulation.

A simulation approach was used to compare the effects of different methods of determining reasonable charges for physicians' services under Medicare on government outlays, physician revenues, and beneficiaries' financial burdens. This is an important policy area because of fee inflation and rises in...

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Published in:Medical Care Vol. 18; pp. 1127 - 1146
Main Authors: Muller, C F, Otelsberg, J
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1980 Nov
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