Understanding how healthcare dollars are spent and attributing healthcare spending to
individuals is an important activity for accountability and comparative performance …

This paper describes how the PORTS are using data from the Medicare administrative
records systems to study the medical care costs of specific conditions. The general strengths …

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US7426474B2 - Health cost calculator/flexible spending account calculator - Google Patents …

Abstract Approximately 1.5% of Ontario's population, represented by the top 5% highest cost-
incurring users of Ontario's hospital and home care services, account for 61% of hospital …

This paper compares two quite different approaches to estimating costs: a 'bottom‐
up'approach, represented by the US Department of Veterans Affairs'(VA) Decision Support …

RESEARCH QUESTIONS. Quality assessment, use and cost of hospital services, medical
treatment variations, use of ambulatory surgery services, diffusion of medical technology …

This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
on costs of hospital inpatient stays in the United States in 2013. It describes the distribution …

Over the past decade, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have led the
nationwide shift toward value-based payment. A major strategy for achieving this goal has …

This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
on costs of inpatient hospital stays in the United States in 2011. This report describes the …

Background: Many economic studies of disease require cost data at the person level to
identify diagnosed cases and to capture the type and timing of specific services. One source …