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- Title
An Assessment Tool Translation Study.
- Authors
Buchanan, Joan L.; Andres, Patricia L.; Haley, Stephen M.; Paddock, Susan M.; Zaslavsky, Alan M.
- Abstract
Policymakers hoped to substitute a new, multi-purpose, functional assessment instrument, the minimum data set post-acute care (MDS-PAC), into the planned prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. PPS design requires a large database linking treatment costs with measures of the need for care, so the PPS was designed using the functional independence measure (FIM™) database linked to Medicare hospital claims. An accurate translation from the MDS-PAC items to FIM™-like items was needed to ensure payment equity under the substitution. This article describes the translation efforts and some of the problems that led policymakers to abandon the effort.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH policy; PROSPECTIVE payment systems; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; MEDICAL rehabilitation; MEDICAL care costs; HOSPITALIZATION insurance; HEALTH insurance
- Publication
Health Care Financing Review, 2003, Vol 24, Issue 3, p45
- ISSN
0195-8631
- Publication type
Article