Standardizing Medicare payment information to support examining geographic variation in costs
Standardizing Medicare payment information to support examining geographic variation in costs
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United States: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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English
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United States: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Examination of efficiency in health care requires that cost information be normalized. Medicare payments include both geographic and policy-based facility type differentials (e.g., wage index and disproportionate share hospital), which can bias cost comparisons of hospitals and averages across geographic areas. Standardizing payment information to...
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Standardizing Medicare payment information to support examining geographic variation in costs
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3983731
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3983731
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2159-0354
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2159-0354
DOI
10.5600/mmrr.003.03.a06
