Medicare geographic practice cost index
Subtitle: report to Congress, 1995
Contributors: Pope, Gregory (Gregory C.); Zuckerman, Stephen; United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research and Demonstrations; Health Economics Research, inc; Urban Institute
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Research and Demonstrations
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Baltimore, Maryland?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Medical personnel; Physicians; Physicians' malpractice insurance; Practice; Regional disparities; Salaries; Medicine; Rent charges; Economic aspects
Other titles: Report to Congress, Medicare geographic practice cost index.; Updating the geographic practice cost index (Final report : 1995)
Description: Report is in the form of letters from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, to Albert Gore, Jr., President, U.S. Senate, and Newt Gingrich, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, stamped with date "Oct 31 1995"; report discusses data necessary to review and revise the Medicare geographic practice cost index (GPCI), and attaches contractor report entitled Updating the geographic practice cost index : final report (March 1995), submitted by Gregory C. Pope (Health Economics Research, Inc.) and Stephen Zuckerman (Urban Institute), supported by Health Care Financing Administration contract no. 500-89-0050.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Photocopy.

CMS copy in folder: 500-89-0050 Updating the geographic practice cost index: Final report (March 1995).