Medical billing errors constitute a major problem in the medical payment system in the USA. Little is known about how to identify the predictors that influence the error rate in hospital billings. Health services researchers have concentrated to a large extent on applying exploratory statistical...

This study assesses the impact of recent Medicare reimbursement changes on nurse staffing and quality of care in skilled nursing facilities. We utilise data from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System and Area Resource Files for the years 1997â2003. The impacts of the...

This study assesses the impact of recent Medicare reimbursement changes on nurse staffing and quality of care in skilled nursing facilities. We utilise data from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System and Area Resource Files for the years 1997–2003. The impacts of the...