The amount of the IMEA is a percentage add-on to Medicare payments for patient care. Medicare classifies patients into diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and sets a standard payment for all patients in a particular DRG. The standard DRG payment is then adjusted or each hospital by considering how...
It analyses the extent to which prices, or calculated cost weights, reflect the actual costs incurred by hospitals for their respective services. We reveal that a "compression" of DRG cost weights occurs, and that the data sample used to calculate cost weights is lacking in terms of its ...
It analyses the extent to which prices, or calculated cost weights, reflect the actual costs incurred by hospitals for their respective services. We reveal that a "compression" of DRG cost weights occurs, and that the data sample used to calculate cost weights is lacking in terms of its ...
This allows us to calculate the equilibrium point of the tripartite game model. Importantly, the probabilities (x, y, and z) associated with the strategies chosen by the three parties are time-dependent, reflecting the evolving nature of the game process. In order to analyze the stability of ...
This is the total number of programs that are required to be initiated at the pre-clinical R&D stage to produce a single licensed product. d A cost of capital of 10% was used to calculate the capitalised cost of R&D. It represents the expected return required from an alternative investment...