Both Hospital A and Hospital B are paid by Medicare using the DRG methodology.
Assume that the reimbursement for the average Medicare patient (case weight of 1.0) is $2,600.
Hospital A has an average case-mix index of 1.32 and admits 24 patients who stay in the hospital a total of 192 days.
Hospital B has an average case-mix index of 0.95 and admits 35 patients who stay in the hospital a total of 238 days.
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