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| Author: | Meltzer, D. Chung, J. Basu, A. |
| Title: | Does competition under Medicare Prospective Payment selectively reduce expenditures on high-cost patients? |
| Journal: | RAND Journal of Economics
2002 : AUTUMN, VOL. 33:3, p. 447-468 |
| Index terms: | Health service Costs Hospital management Competition USA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors conclude that competition and Medicare Prospective Payment System selectively reduced spending among the most expensive patients and that careful assessment of these patients' outcomes is important. |
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