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Introduction to Health Services Research : A Self-Study Course

Case Description | Case Background | Case Objectives | Case Exercise

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).

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