Module 1, Part 1: Hospital Prices and HCRIS Data
Part 1 of this module will introduce the confusing mess that is hospital prices and the data we’ll use to measure them.
Objectives
- Understand the nature of hospital pricing
- Compare and contrast different measures of hospital “prices” used in popular media
Activities
- Clone Hospital Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) repository and begin working with data. See also a similar repository here from Adam Sacarny
Slides
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