Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1522-1525, November 2007

The State-of-the-Science: Challenges in Designing Postacute Care Payment Policy

  • Leighton Chan, MD, MPH

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Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Abstract 

Chan L. The state-of-the-science: challenges in designing postacute care payment policy.

This report describes Medicare’s postacute care (PAC) payment systems and their incentives, as well as global changes in capacity, quality, and utilization over time. It assesses the payment systems’ impact on PAC services, referencing relevant works in progress. Suggestions are made for future research.

Key Words: Health policy, Outcome and process assessment (health care), Outcomes research, Rehabilitation

 

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00445-5

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.032

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1522-1525, November 2007

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