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. 1992 Winter;14(2):83–96.
frac = fraction of Federal payment that is labor related,
wageindex = wage index for the hospital,
cola = cost-of-living adjustment for the hospital (this is 1 everywhere except Alaska and Hawaii),
dsh = payment rate for disproportionate share at the hospital, and
ime = payment rate for the indirect cost of medical education at the hospital.