Revision of the CPI hospital services component.
Upcoming modifications are designed to capture current service delivery patterns, reimbursement methods, and payment sources for hospital visits, rather than what the hospital charges for individual treatment inputs; the result will be an index that better reflects price changes in the dynamic health care field.
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Office of Prices and Living Conditions, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA.
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000208:Acute Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D003625:Data Collection; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000639:trends*; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000145:classification* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D006278:Medicare; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000145:classification; D014481:United States