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Category: Health care costs
PCHM’s do not reduce overall costs
Is bending the cost curve possible with an innovative strategy like the patient-centered medical home? As implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) gains traction, novel care such as and Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) are emerging Continue Reading …
Over a third of trauma patients are over-triaged
State trauma systems try to put scarce resources to the best use. Yet, over-triage of minor injuries is costly and inefficient. With estimated costs as high as $163 billion, trauma care represents close to 10% of US health care expenditures. Continue Reading …
Doctors: Responsible for health care costs?
A survey of physicians demonstrates an abdication of their responsibility over cost containment in health care. A July 2013 study describes physicians’ perceived responsibility for controlling health care costs and enthusiasm for various cost-containment strategies. The researchers randomly surveyed 3897 Continue Reading …
Cost-Consciousness in Health Care
When doctors and other providers know the costs of care, they will curb expenses when caring for patients. Physicians often order laboratory tests and imaging studies without any idea about the costs incurred on behalf of the patient. Research has Continue Reading …
Cost-shifting: no longer a concern?
A study refutes the theory of cost-shifting in health care and suggests private cost growth mirrors Medicare. Increasing costs of health care in the United States have been longstanding concerns. Several solutions have been proposed to address this issue; one Continue Reading …
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