- Title
- The first 3 years of Medicare prospective payment: an overview.
- First Author
- Guterman, Stuart
- Date of Pub
- 1988 Spring
- Pages
- 67-77
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Other Authors
- Eggers, Paul W; Greene, Timothy F; Riley, Gerald F; Terrell, Sherry A
- Abstract
- This article provides a synopsis of the available evidence on the impact of the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for hospitals over the first 3 years of its implementation. The impact of PPS on hospitals, Medicare beneficiaries, post-hospital care, other payers for inpatient hospital services, other health care providers, and Medicare program operations and expenditures is examined.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Prospective Payment System : Data Collection : Economics, Hospital/trends : Evaluation Studies : Medicare/organization & administration : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB88-218862