Measuring hospital input price increases: The rebased hospital market basket

The input prices indexes used in part to set payment rates for Medicare inpatient hospital services in both prospective payment system (PPS) and PPS-excluded hospitals were rebased from 1982 to 1987 beginning with payments for fiscal year 1991. In this article, the issues and evidence used to determ...

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Main Authors: Freeland, Mark S., Chulis, George S., Brown, Aaron P., Skellan, David, Maple, Brenda T., Singer, Naphtale, Lemieux, Jeffrey, Arnett, Ross H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1991
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193652/