"The Project Director for this report was Philip Cotterill, Ph.D., Economist and Chife of the Long Term and Special Studies Branch, Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies, Office of Research, Health Care Financing Administration. Joel Bobula, an Economist with the Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies, Office of Research was Principal Investigator, and was the primary author of the report. Other contributing authors were: Philip Cotterill, Ph.D. ... ; Fred Thomas, Economist, Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies; Jerry Cromwell, Ph.D., President, Health Economics Research, Inc.; Ann Hendricks, Ph.D., Economist, Health Economics Research, Inc.; and Gregory Pope, Economist, Health Economics Research, Inc."--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references.

Photocopy.

CMS copy 1 includes two transmittal letters from Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services to George Bush, President, U.S. Senate, and Jim Wright, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives attaching report and with stamped date "Dec 24 1987".

CMS copy 2 in folder: Studies of Urban-Rural & Related Geographical Adjustments / Medicare Prospective Payment System / Dec 24, 1987.