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disproportionate share hospital  

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  • Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) programs provide additional payments to hospitals with a large number of low-income inpatients. Established in the early 1980s, Medicaid and Medicare DSH payments reached almost $20 billion in 1992, primarily through the growth of Medicaid DSH. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Disproportionate Share Hospital]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DQQC9KLD-T

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