Redefining value in health care: a new imperative

Higher spending does not buy higher quality care, but it often buys unnecessary care. Some remedies include: Eliminate unnecessary care. Provide consumers with reliable and accessible information about quality. Find new healthcare system financial incentives, such as pay for performance.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Healthcare financial management 2006-08, Vol.60 (8), p.64-68
Main Author: O'Kane, Margaret E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Asthma
Costs and Cost Analysis - methods
Diabetes
Economic growth
Efficiency, Organizational - economics
Financial Management, Hospital
Health administration
Health care delivery
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Hospitals
Humans
Hysterectomy
Medicare
Monetary incentives
Motivation
Patients
Productivity
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Surgery
United States
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Higher spending does not buy higher quality care, but it often buys unnecessary care. Some remedies include: Eliminate unnecessary care. Provide consumers with reliable and accessible information about quality. Find new healthcare system financial incentives, such as pay for performance.
ISSN:0735-0732