TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeJong, Gerben
TI  - Site-neutral payment for postacute care: framing the issue
SN  - 0003-9993
KW  - *Disabled Persons/rh [Rehabilitation]
KW  - *Medicare/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Prospective Payment System/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Subacute Care/ec [Economics]
KW  - Female
KW  - Health Policy/ec [Economics]
KW  - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW  - Humans
KW  - Long-Term Care/ec [Economics]
KW  - Male
KW  - Policy Making
KW  - Prospective Payment System/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence]
KW  - Rehabilitation Centers/ec [Economics]
KW  - Skilled Nursing Facilities/ec [Economics]
KW  - United States
KW  - MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
KW  - Journal Article
N1  - Available online from MWHC library: 2000 - present, Available in print through MWHC library:1999-2007
N2  - This commentary evaluates the merits of proposals in the United States to create a site-neutral payment system for postacute care for patients with select rehabilitation-related conditions. Under a site-neutral payment system, Medicare would pay providers based on patients' clinical needs, not on the peculiarities of individual postacute settings such as skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. This commentary frames the policy choices by taking into account the research evidence on setting costs and outcomes, the policy tools and preconditions needed for an effective site-neutral payment system, and the overall direction of American health and postacute policy. Copyright  2014 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2014.02.018
ER  -