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The Cost-Shift Payment ‘Hydraulic’: Foundation, History, And Implications

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 The Cost-Shift Payment Hydraulic, As Of 2002

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 Change In Medicare Acute Inpatient Costs Per Case, 1992–2003

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 3 Aggregate Hospital Payment-To-Cost Ratios, By Payer, 1980–2003

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 4 Aggregate Total Margins For U.S. Hospitals, 1980–2003

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 5 Correlation Between Private Payers’ Payment-To-Cost Ratio And Medicare, Medicaid, And Uncompensated Care Cost-Shifting Burden

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