PMID- 18423657
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080930
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0167-6296 (Print)
IS  - 0167-6296 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008 Jul
TI  - Does how much and how you pay matter? Evidence from the inpatient rehabilitation 
      care prospective payment system.
PG  - 1046-1059
LID - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.01.003 [doi]
AB  - We use the implementation of a new prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient 
      rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to investigate the effect of changes in marginal 
      and average reimbursement on costs. The results show that the IRF PPS led to a 
      significant decline in costs and length of stay. Changes in marginal 
      reimbursement associated with the move from a cost-based system to a PPS led to a 
      7-11% reduction in costs. The elasticity of costs with respect to average 
      reimbursement ranged from 0.26 to 0.34. Finally, the IRF PPS had little or no 
      impact on mortality or the rate of return to community residence.
FAU - Sood, Neeraj
AU  - Sood N
AD  - RAND & NBER, USA.
FAU - Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes
AU  - Buntin MB
AD  - RAND Corporation Health, 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202, USA.
FAU - Escarce, Jose J
AU  - Escarce JJ
AD  - RAND, UCLA School of Medicine & NBER, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080310
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Health Econ
JT  - Journal of health economics
JID - 8410622
MH  - *Evidence-Based Medicine
MH  - *Inpatients
MH  - *Prospective Payment System
MH  - Rehabilitation Centers/*economics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2008/04/22 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/01 09:00
CRDT- 2008/04/22 09:00
PHST- 2006/09/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/12/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/01/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/04/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/04/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0167-6296(08)00006-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.01.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Health Econ. 2008 Jul;27(4):1046-1059. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.01.003. 
      Epub 2008 Mar 10.