Objectives
- Understand the history and evolution of hospital care in the U.S.
- Link historical patterns of U.S. hospital care to current issues
- Define and explain the differences between hospital prices, charges, and costs
- Understand variation in hospital pricing and investigate price variation with the Health Care Pricing Project materials
Activities
- Briefly review exam questions, if needed
- Review upcoming stage 3 of your projects
- Discussion of “what is a hospital’s price”
- Watch video on hospital billing and what we mean by hospital “price”.