Case 3. Medicare Reimbursement Reforms (Page 12 of 37)
Phase One: Thinking About the Issues
Q3. What evidence would you need to answer this question; i.e., how does this regulation, the prospective payment system (DRGs), affect different stakeholders?
Consider what kinds of data you would need to answer such a question.
If you had to design a study to explore the relationship between Medicare regulations and health care, what information would you want to collect? (Don't worry about the sources of that data yet).