The Impact of Outpatient Rehabilitation Medicare Reimbursement Caps on Utilization and Cost of Rehabilitation Care after Ischemic Stroke: Do Caps contain costs?

To estimate the proportion of ischemic stroke patients who fall within and above the total outpatient rehabilitation caps before and after the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 1997) took effect. In addition, estimate the cost of post-stroke outpatient rehabilitation cost and resource utilization in these patients prior to and after the implementation of the caps.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research