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Category: Affordability & Delivery System
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 …
Toward GME Accountability
An analysis of over 750 institutions shows that fewer than one-quarter of doctors train as primary care providers. Dr. Candice Chen and colleagues attempted to assess outcomes of the nearly $10 billion federal Medicare and more than $3 billion federal-state Continue Reading …
System Overuse
Many people believe that the design of a health system influences the quality of care. Data suggest otherwise. With rising health care costs, more attention has been placed on productive models of care and systems to cut waste. Limited studies 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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