Other Cost-Related Health Facilities Regulations

VII. Key Issues: Regulation & Reform >> B. Health Care Regulation >> Health Facilities Regulation >> Other Cost-Related Health Facilities Regulations (last updated 1.18.16)

Other cost-related regulations related to health facilities include the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 (PSDA) and state hospital discharge databases. The Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research has developed a draft working paper assessing the costs and benefits of other health facilities cost regulations (F12-Other Cost Regulations). More information is available at the following sites:

• Electronic Freedom Foundation. Public Health Reporting and Hospital Discharge Data