The Medicare case mix index increase
Subtitle: medical practice changes, aging, and DRG creep
By: Grace M. Carter, Paul B. Ginsburg
Contributors: Ginsburg, Paul B.; United States. Health Care Financing Administration; Rand/UCLA Center for Health Care Financing Policy Research
Series: Rand publication series -- R-3292-HCFA.; R (Rand Corporation) -- R-3292-HCFA.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Medicare; Diagnosis related groups; Prospective payment; Hospitals; Physician practice patterns
Notes: "June 1985."

"Prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

"The research described in this report was supported by the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement No. 18-C-98489/9-01"--P. [2] of cover.

"The research was conducted at the Rand/UCLA Center for Health Care Financing Policy Research ..."--P. iii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49).