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Outpatient Institutional Rehabilitation Services, 1987-1990
Joan BuchananJ. David RumpelHelen Hoenig
其他書名
Who Provides Them and how Do They Compare?
出版Rand, 1993
主題Medical / Hospital Administration & Care
ISBN08330139559780833013958
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=w5j3wAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The overall growth of Medicare Part B charges for rehabilitation services is high and if unabated, will exacerbate Medicare's cost containment problem. Regression models show that the pattern of therapy used, the use of multiple providers, and patient characteristics and diagnostic categories all have an impact on charges. However, even controlling for all other factors, independent rehabilitation agencies consistently had the highest charges across all models, and hospital outpatient departments the lowest. Thus, if rehabilitation services are included in Medicare's projected new payment reform, Ambulatory Payment Groups, and if the reform covers only hospital outpatient departments, it would encourage a shift to more expensive providers.