- Title
- Contributions of case mix and intensity change to hospital cost increases.
- First Author
- Bradley, Thomas B
- Date of Pub
- 1992 Winter
- Pages
- 151-163
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 2
- Other Authors
- Kominski, Gerald F
- Abstract
- The 28-percent change in average Medicare inpatient cost per case between 1984 and 1987 is decomposed into three components: input price inflation, changes in average cost within diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) (intensity), and changes in the distribution of cases across DRGs (case mix). We estimate the contributions of technology diffusion and outpatient shifts to within-DRG and across-DRG cost changes. We also use California data to estimate the contribution of changes in the quantity of services provided during a stay. The factors examined account for approximately 80 percent of the real increase in average cost per case.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- California : Cost Allocation/statistics & numerical data/trends : Data Collection : Diagnosis-Related Groups/classification/economics : Diffusion of Innovation : Economics, Hospital/statistics & numerical data : Medicare/economics/utilization : Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/economics/utilization : Prospective Payment System/economics : Support, Non-U.S. Gov't : Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. : Technology, Medical/economics : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB2001-105739
