Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 1: Context for Medicare spending (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Medicare Spending and Financing, Quality

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Appendix D: A data book on hospital financial performance (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Private Plans

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 3: Access to care in the Medicare program (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Medicare Spending and Financing

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 2E: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for outpatient dialysis services (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Quality

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 2D: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for home health services (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Post-Acute Care, Quality

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Appendix C: Inpatient payments for rural hospitals (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Regional Issues

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Appendix B: An introduction to how Medicare makes coverage decisions (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 5: Health insurance choices for Medicare beneficiaries (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Private Plans

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Chapter 2B: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for physician services (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality

Mar 01, 2003 / Chapters

Appendix E: Commissioners’ voting on recommendations (March 2003 report)

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Private Plans