Medicare Reimbursement and the Quality of Hospital Care
- ISBN-10
- 0788110535
- ISBN-13
- 9780788110535
- Category
- Hospital care
- Pages
- 137
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Michael J. McGinty
Description
Examines the relationship between hospital reimbursement per discharge & the clinical quality of care received by Medicare patients before & after the implementation of the PPS in 1993-1984. Objectives were to evaluate the link between program, payments & quality & to identify characteristics of higher & lower quality hospitals for the period 1981 to 1986.
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