Use of cost prediction simulation models for CON affordability review.
The relationship between capital costs and operating costs is being viewed as one of the driving forces behind the rampant inflation in health care costs. A cost prediction simulation model has been developed that can set affordability criteria readily implemented by CON review agencies.
D002201:Capital Expenditures; D002567:Certificate of Need; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004467:Economics; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005544:Forecasting; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D014481:United States