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Objective
To measure variation in payment rates under Medicare's Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and identify the main payment adjustments that drive variation.
Data Sources/Study Setting
Medicare cost reports for all Medicare‐certified hospitals, 1987–2013, and Dartmouth Atlas geographic files.
Study Design
We measure the Medicare payment rate as a hospital's total acute inpatient...
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