03173nam 22007693u 450 991022010790332120230607220940.00-8330-5686-71-59875-282-0(CKB)1000000000345955(EBL)227799(OCoLC)171566850(SSID)ssj0000366973(PQKBManifestationID)12101747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366973(PQKBWorkID)10418845(PQKB)10765858(MiAaPQ)EBC227799(Au-PeEL)EBL227799(OCoLC)797362884(EXLCZ)99100000000034595520130418d2002 u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s[electronic resource]Santa Monica RAND Corporation20021 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-3213-5 Preface; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODS AND DATA; 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. METROPOLITAN AND NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES; 4. PAYMENT TRENDS FOR NON-METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS; 5. TRENDS FOR RURAL HEALTH CLINICS AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS; 6. UTILIZATION AND SPENDING FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES; 7. 1990-1997 TRENDS IN AAPCC CAPITATION RATES; 8. SPECIAL HOSPITAL PAYMENTS AND PART A PER CAPITA COSTS; 9. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; References; A. Special Medicare Payments for Rural Hospitals; B. Definitions of RuralityThis work provides an overview of special payments that Medicare has been making to rural hospitals and physicians, including documentation of the supply of providers, trends in payments, and Medicare costs per beneficiary.Rural hospitalsProspective paymentMedicareCost controlMedicareRural health servicesMedicareeconomicsRural Health ServiceseconomicsHealth Care CostsMedically Underserved AreaInsurance, Health, ReimbursementUnited StatesStatistics.Rural hospitalsProspective paymentMedicareCost controlMedicareRural health servicesMedicareeconomics.Rural Health Serviceseconomics.Health Care Costs.Medically Underserved Area.Insurance, Health, Reimbursement.368.42600973368.42600973091734Farley Donna848919Farley DonnaRAND HealthCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910220107903321Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s2863830UNINA