title: Hospital and regional variation in Medicare payment for inpatient episodes of care.
authors: RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Peter S
authors: PS
authors: Hussey
authors: Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Huckfeldt
authors: RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Samuel
authors: S
authors: Hirshman
authors: Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Ateev
authors: A
authors: Mehrotra
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States