Does one national prospective payment system market basket make sense?

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Title
Does one national prospective payment system market basket make sense?
First Author
Cromwell, Jerry L
Date of Pub
1988 Winter
Pages
25-35
Abstract
For the first 4 years of Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS), one national market basket of cost weights and price proxies has been used to update payment rates. Previous evidence for a single rate is reviewed, and more recent data are presented that show definite regional differences in input price inflation, resulting in systematic gains or losses for some regions. However, as long as the Health Care Financing Administration continues to periodically update its hospital wage index, the net impact on hospitals is minor. Nevertheless, large differences in PPS-excluded hospital cost shares indicate the need for two sets of cost weights.
Other Authors
N/A
MeSH
American Hospital Association : Catchment Area (Health)/economics : Comparative Study : Costs and Cost Analysis/statistics & numerical data : Economics, Hospital/statistics & numerical data : Medicare/statistics & numerical data : Models, Statistical : Prospective Payment System/methods : Salaries and Fringe Benefits/statistics & numerical data : Support, Non-U.S. Gov't : United States : United States Health Care Financing Administration
Issue
2
NTIS Number
PB89-188486
Volume
10