The potential costs for upcoding for heart failure in the United States

被引：54

作者：

Psaty, BM

Boineau, R

Kuller, LH

Luepker, RV

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Cardiovasc Hlth Res Unit, Seattle, WA 98101 USA

[2] Univ Washington, Dept Med, Seattle, WA 98101 USA

[3] Univ Washington, Dept Epidemiol, Seattle, WA 98101 USA

[4] Univ Washington, Dept Hlth Serv, Seattle, WA 98101 USA

[5] NHLBI, Div Epidemiol & Clin Applicat, Epidemiol & Biometry Program, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

[6] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Epidemiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA

[7] Univ Minnesota, Div Epidemiol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 1999年 / 84卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00205-2

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Miscoding of hospital discharge diagnoses for heart failure in older adults is common, and the direction favors high levels of reimbursement to hospitals. The potential costs to Medicare may be as high as $993 million per year.

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页码：108 / +

页数：3

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