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Overview: Medicare post-acute care since the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. 2002

Philip G Cotterill, and Barbara J Gage
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Research, Development, and Information, 7500 Security Boulevard, C3-21-28, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, USA. pcotterill@cms.hhs.gov

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011445 Prospective Payment System A system wherein reimbursement rates are set, for a given period of time, prior to the circumstances giving rise to actual reimbursement claims. Discretionary Adjustment Factor,Prospective Pricing,Prospective Reimbursement,Reimbursement, Prospective,Adjustment, Discretionary,Adjustment Factor, Discretionary,Adjustment Factors, Discretionary,Adjustments, Discretionary,Discretionary Adjustment,Discretionary Adjustment Factors,Discretionary Adjustments,Factor, Discretionary Adjustment,Factors, Discretionary Adjustment,Payment System, Prospective,Payment Systems, Prospective,Pricing, Prospective,Prospective Payment Systems,Prospective Reimbursements,Reimbursements, Prospective,System, Prospective Payment,Systems, Prospective Payment
D012047 Rehabilitation Centers Facilities which provide programs for rehabilitating the mentally or physically disabled individuals. Centers, Rehabilitation,Center, Rehabilitation,Rehabilitation Center
D002017 Budgets Detailed financial plans for carrying out specific activities for a certain period of time. They include proposed income and expenditures. Budgetary Control,Budget,Budgetary Controls,Control, Budgetary,Controls, Budgetary
D003953 Diagnosis-Related Groups A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system. Case Mix,DRG,Diagnosis Related Group,Diagnosis-Related Group,Case Mixes,DRGs,Diagnostic-Related Group,Group, Diagnostic-Related,Groups, Diagnostic-Related,Diagnosis Related Groups,Diagnostic Related Group,Diagnostic-Related Groups,Group, Diagnosis Related,Group, Diagnosis-Related,Group, Diagnostic Related,Groups, Diagnosis Related,Groups, Diagnosis-Related,Groups, Diagnostic Related,Related Group, Diagnosis,Related Groups, Diagnosis
D006278 Medicare Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D006297 Health Services Accessibility The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. Access To Care, Health,Access to Care,Access to Contraception,Access to Health Care,Access to Health Services,Access to Medications,Access to Medicines,Access to Therapy,Access to Treatment,Accessibility of Health Services,Availability of Health Services,Contraception Access,Contraceptive Access,Medication Access,Accessibility, Health Services,Contraceptive Availability,Health Services Geographic Accessibility,Program Accessibility,Access to Cares,Access to Contraceptions,Access to Medication,Access to Medicine,Access to Therapies,Access to Treatments,Access, Contraception,Access, Contraceptive,Access, Medication,Accessibilities, Health Services,Accessibility, Program,Availability, Contraceptive,Care, Access to,Cares, Access to,Contraception, Access to,Contraceptive Accesses,Health Services Availability,Medication Accesses,Medication, Access to,Medicine, Access to,Medicines, Access to,Therapy, Access to,Treatment, Access to
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000359 Aftercare The care and treatment of a convalescent patient, especially that of a patient after surgery. After Care,After-Treatment,Follow-Up Care,Postabortal Programs,Postabortion,After Treatment,After-Treatments,Care, Follow-Up,Cares, Follow-Up,Follow Up Care,Follow-Up Cares,Postabortal Program,Program, Postabortal,Programs, Postabortal
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old

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