Predicting costs of hospitalization for cancer care
Subtitle: final report to HCFA : a DRG-based casemix for cancer care
By: Mary Henderson ... [et al.].
Contributors: United States. Health Care Financing Administration; Bigel Institute for Health Policy; Boston University. Health Policy Institute
Publisher: Bigel Institute for Health Policy, etc.?]
Published: 1990
Place of publication: [Waltham, Mass., etc.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Medical Oncology; Costs and Cost Analysis; Economics; Cost control; Geriatric oncology; Costs; Medicare; Colon (Anatomy); Admission and discharge; Hospitalization; Diagnosis related groups; Diagnosis-Related Groups; Cancer; Lungs; Prospective payment; Breast; Hospitals; Treatment
Description: Study tests whether a purpose of hospital admission typology could be successfully used to categorize cancer in three common cancers: lung, colon and breast cancers.
Notes: Supported by Health Care Financing Administration cooperative agreement no. 17-C-98922/1-02.

"January 10, 1990."

Includes bibliographical references.

Photocopy.

CMS copy in folder: Predicting costs of hospitalization for cancer care.