title: A proposal for capital cost payment.
abstract: This article proposes new bases for the payment of hospital capital costs. Separate distinctions between proprietary and voluntary hospitals are made based on their definition of capital and the requirements for capital maintenance. Replacement cost depreciation is suggested as the payment basis for voluntary hospitals.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003862:Depreciation; D004467:Economics; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States