Effect of Swing Bed Use on Medicare Average Daily Cost and Reimbursement in Critical Access Hospitals
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Date
12/2011
Description
This analysis estimates the average net cost to Medicare of a SNF swing day by simulating the elimination of all Medicare SNF swing bed days in CAHs in 2009.
Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Kristin Reiter, George Holmes, George Pink, Victoria Freeman