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Does it cost more to train residents or to replace them? : a look at the costs and benefits of operating graduate medical education programs /

Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offeri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wynn, Barbara O. (Autor), Smalley, Robert (Autor), Cordasco, Kristina M. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) (sponsoring body.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2013]
Colección:Research report (Rand Corporation)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Direct GME costs
  • Indirect effects of operating residency training programs
  • GME direct benefits
  • Summary of findings and discussion
  • Appendix A: 2008 Direct GME costs, payments, and sources of funding
  • Appendix B: Faculty-to-resident ratios and time spent in GME-related activities
  • Appendix C: Analyses of California OSHPD data
  • Appendix D: Medicaid 2009 GME payments.