Medicare's New Hospital Payment System: Is It Working?

ISBN-13: 9780815776239 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 128 str.

Louise B. Russell

Opis

In the six years since prospective payment was introduced, a substantial amount of evidence has accumulated about its effects. Russell looks at the major characteristics of the rate payment system, how it has changed the pattern of medical services, how these changes have affected the health of beneficiaries, and the system's effects on medicare outlays. She reviews what is known and what need to be learned to arrive at a valid assessment of the system. Moreover, she contributes to the larger debate on medicate by making what are frequently quite technical evaluations accessible to the general public.