A positive first step: prospective payment by DRG.
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000379:methods*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States