title: Questions about geographic reclassification spur debate.
abstract: The recent uproar over problems with Medicare's hospital geographic reclassification process has produced few long-term solutions so far. Experts say the large number of hospitals being reclassified indicates that the current methods are inadequate. They hope the current debate eventually will lead to a broader solution. The recent problems "certainly seem to have strengthened the resolve to see if there is an answer everyone can agree on," says one observer.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000191:economics; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005843:Geography; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011444:Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States