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The Effect of Prospective Payment on Admission and Treatment Policy: Evidence from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

We examine provider responses to the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), which simultaneously reduced marginal reimbursement and increased average reimbursement. IRFs could respond to the PPS by changing the number of patients admitted, admitting differ...

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Main Authors: Sood, Neeraj, Huckfeldt, Peter J, Grabowski, David C, Newhouse, Joseph P, Escarce, José J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791147/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23994598
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.05.003
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