Does one national prospective payment system market basket make sense?

For the first 4 years of Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS), one national market basket of cost weights and price proxies has been used to update payment rates. Previous evidence for a single rate is reviewed, and more recent data are presented that show definite regional differences i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cromwell, Jerry
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1988
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192923/