Rising Hospital Costs Can Be Restrained by Regulating Payments and Improving Management
HRD-80-72
Published: Sep 19, 1980. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 1980.
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GAO examined the impact on rising hospital costs in nine States having prospective rate-setting programs. Prospective rate-setting programs depart from the traditional cost-based retrospective method of paying for hospital services, and instead, make payments based on rates determined before the services are provided.
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