In this paper we examine empirically the effect of integration on Medicare payment and rehospitalization. We use 2005 …-2013 data on Medicare beneficiaries receiving PAC in the U.S. to examine integration between hospitals and the two most common … for each hospital-PAC pair in a market to test how changes in integration impact patient outcomes. Second, we use an …

Medicare uses a pay-for-performance program to reimburse hospitals. One of the key input measures in the performance … formula is patient satisfaction with their hospital care. Physicians and hospitals, however, have raised concerns especially …-prescription of opioids has been cited as a cause of current opioid crisis in the US. Due to these concerns, Medicare stopped using …

.S. health care system includes several compensatory cost-containment mechanisms, but their effects depend on how patients and … providers respond. We investigate hospice programs' responses to a cap in the Medicare hospice benefit on their average annual … subsequent live discharges. On the extensive margin, we find that cap liabilities are associated with terminations of Medicare …

hospital's patients as compared to Jinnah hospital.Conclusion: This study indicates that OOP direct medical cost burden was … in reducing out of pocket (OOP) expenses on direct medical costs borne by breast carcinoma patients' household from … said patients during the services taken from the foresaid tertiary care centers.Methods: A purposive sample of 164 primary …

Competing hospitals may not only use quality of service to attract patients but also their specialization profile … and (ii) preference for a good match between patients' needs and hospitals' specialization profile. Moreover, we derive … attraktiver für Patienten zu werden. Wir wenden ein Hotelling Duopol mit vertikaler und horizontaler Differenzierung an, wobei …

utilization, outcomes, and costs for patients hospitalized for dementia in China. Regional patterns demonstrate gaps in equity and … efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …

utilization, outcomes, and costs for patients hospitalized for dementia in China. Regional patterns demonstrate gaps in equity and … efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …