Direct GME Costs
Direct GME costs are the resources and infrastructure directly attributable to GME activities. These costs fall into three basic categories: (1) resident salaries and fringe benefits, (2) physician compensation for GME-related activities, and (3) other administrative support and infrastructure costs...
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Published in | Does It Cost More to Train Residents or to Replace Them? p. 8 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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RAND Corporation
26.09.2013
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Summary: | Direct GME costs are the resources and infrastructure directly attributable to GME activities. These costs fall into three basic categories: (1) resident salaries and fringe benefits, (2) physician compensation for GME-related activities, and (3) other administrative support and infrastructure costs directly attributable to GME activities at the program and institutional level. Table A.1 in Appendix A provides a summary of total GME costs per resident that we derived from Medicare cost report data for 2008. The median GME cost per full-time equivalent (FTE) resident across teaching hospitals was $134,803. The table includes only costs that were incurred by the teaching |
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