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10309639

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
In 1976 there was a change in Medicare reimbursement policy in the State of Colorado. This study analyzes the impact of that change on physicians' economic behavior. Through 1976, prevailing charges (one of the determinants of the level of physician reimbursement under Medicare) were computed separately within each of 10 regions of Colorado. Since then, they have been computed for the State as a whole, and thus, physicians in like specialties have had equal prevailing charges throughout the State. This change in reimbursement policy led to a relative increase in prevailing charges for physicians in small urban and nonurban areas of the State, and a relative decrease for physicians in the major urban areas. In this paper we analyze the impact of this change on several aspects of physician behavior. We found that physicians whose reimbursement rates declined as a result of the change--primarily those in the Denver/Boulder area--provided more-intensive medical services, had lower assignment rates, and charged lower prices than they would have in the absence of the change.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0195-8631
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in Medicare reimbursement in Colorado: impact on physicians' economic behavior.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.