title: The effect of the Medicare prospective payment system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pennsylvania 15261.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lave
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States