Once Medicare started reimbursing for only one hospitalization diagnosis retrospective hospital analyses became suspect (the discharge diagnosis with the highest reimbursement rate was used even if it had nothing to do with the patient's hospitalization).
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Thanks , Denis
Your thoughts are always welcome
Milton
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Denis,
Once Medicare started reimbursing for only one hospitalization diagnosis retrospective hospital analyses became suspect (the discharge diagnosis with the highest reimbursement rate was used even if it had nothing to do with the patient's hospitalization).
Karen