Medicare : Prospective Payments for Inpatient Hospital Services.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health facilities.

Hospitals.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (45 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Discusses major features of and pending legislation pertaining to Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for payment of inpatient hospital services. Analyzes issues regarding reimbursement of capital-related costs and medical education costs, and analyzes impact of PPS on hospitals and physicians, quality of care, medical technology, and urban and rural hospitals. Includes chronology.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare

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