Trends in Observation Care Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries at Critical Access Hospitals, 2007 – 2009

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Highlights a study on the prevalence and duration of observational care in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) compared to Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals using Medicare claims data from 2007-2009, as well as 2007 American Hospital Association data to identify hospitals as CAHs or PPS hospitals and whether they were in rural or urban areas.

Brad Wright, Hye-Young Jung, Zhanlian Feng, Vincent Mor

Journal of Rural Health, 29(s1), s1-s6

08/2013

Critical Access Hospitals · Medicare · Outpatient care · Statistics and data