title: HB/SNFs feasible, despite looming prospective payments.
abstract: Hospital-based skilled nursing facilities provide hospitals with favourable reimbursement levels because patient care is reimbursed according to costs rather than under a prospective payment system. The promise of case-mix Medicare reimbursements has not dampened the growth in the number of HB/SNFs.
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authors: Borzo
mesh_terms: D001508:Bed Conversion; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011357:Product Line Management; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States