- Title
- Volume and intensity of Medicare physicians' services: an overview.
- First Author
- Kay, Terrence L
- Date of Pub
- 1990 Summer
- Pages
- 133-146
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Other Authors
- N/A
- Abstract
- From 1978 to 1987, Medicare spending for physicians' services increased at annual compound rates of 16 percent, far exceeding increases expected based on inflation and increases in beneficiaries. As a result, Medicare spending for Part B physicians' services has attracted considerable attention. This article contains an overview of expenditure trends for Part B physicians' services, a summary of recent research findings on issues related to volume and intensity of physicians' services, and a discussion of options for controlling volume and intensity. The possible impact of the recently enacted relative-value-based free schedule on volume and intensity of services is discussed briefly.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Cost Control/methods : Health Expenditures/trends : Medicare Part B/statistics & numerical data : Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data : Relative Value Scales : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB91-105973
