PROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT OF HOSPITAL COSTS: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band #1, Heft 9, S. 1

Abstract

THE UNRESTRAINED RISE IN HOSPITAL COSTS, WITH EXPANDED FEDERAL FINANCING, HAS LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE TYPES OF GOVERNEMENT CONTROL PROGRAMS AIMED AT CURBING THE RISE OF HOSPITAL COSTS. THE FIRST TWO HAVE BEEN LARGELY INEFFECTIVE. THE THIRD, CONTROL OF REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS, SEEMS PROMISING. HOSPITAL COST BASED ON DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP HAS BEEN TRIED.