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Questions about geographic reclassification spur debate.

M Burke
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The recent uproar over problems with Medicare's hospital geographic reclassification process has produced few long-term solutions so far. Experts say the large number of hospitals being reclassified indicates that the current methods are inadequate. They hope the current debate eventually will lead to a broader solution. The recent problems "certainly seem to have strengthened the resolve to see if there is an answer everyone can agree on," says one observer.

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M Burke. 1991-09-20. Questions about geographic reclassification spur debate.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1885201/

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