Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982: an incentive to improve productivity in health care

Health Care Manage Rev. 1987 Spring;12(2):31-5. doi: 10.1097/00004010-198701220-00005.

Abstract

The productivity incentives of TEFRA are compared, using a sample that includes ten patients, four on Medicare and the remainder being either private pay patients or patients covered by commercial insurance. The effect of a ten percent increase or decrease in productivity on Medicare reimbursement before and after TEFRA is examined.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Economics, Hospital / trends*
  • Efficiency*
  • Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499
  • Humans
  • Medicare
  • Reimbursement, Incentive
  • Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act*
  • Taxes*
  • Vereinigte Staaten