title: Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982: an incentive to improve productivity in health care.
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.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Metwalli
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D004526:Efficiency; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D013659:Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States