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J W Elias1, R Ferry, J Treland
1Sanford Center on Aging, University of Nevada, Reno 89557, USA. jelias@unr.edu
Abstract:
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has developed a prospective payment system for home-health care that is primarily focused on cost-containment. This new payment system results in a change in a case-mix for treatment that was more care-outcome based. The new case mix is compared to the old case mix with respect to research that is ignored regarding care outcome.
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