title: Unintended consequences of prospective payment: erosion of hospital financial position and cost shifting.
abstract: The reform of the Medicare hospital reimbursement system proposed by HCFA may create incentives for hospitals to transfer costs to other payers, thus reducing the financial incentives to increase efficiency.
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends; D003361:Cost Allocation; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States