- Title
- Geographic variations in Medicare utilization of short-stay hospital services, 1981-88.
- First Author
- Edwards, Winston O
- Date of Pub
- 1990 Spring
- Pages
- 107-111
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Other Authors
- Gibson, David A
- Abstract
- The change in Federal fiscal year 1984 from cost-based reimbursement to prospective payment at a fixed price for a known and defined product--the hospital stay--represents a fundamental change in the role of the Medicare program within the health care delivery system. In this article, national and selected geographic trends in Medicare short-stay hospital inpatient discharges since 1981 are presented, and they show the impact of the implementation of the prospective payment system.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Catchment Area (Health)/statistics & numerical data : Data Collection : Evaluation Studies : Geography : Hospitals/utilization : Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data : Medicare/statistics & numerical data : Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB90-258153
