Bringing hospital-level care to the patient

"This case study is one in an ongoing series examining programs that aim to improve outcomes and reduce costs of care for patients with complex needs, who account for a large share of U.S. health care spending."

The hospital at home model: Bringing hospital-level care to the patient
S Klein, M Hostetter, D McCarthy
The Commonwealth Fund
August 2016

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Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences

"The findings provide useful information on the public's valuation and acceptability of potential health service innovations."

Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences: a discrete choice experiment
S Erdem, C Thompson
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:360

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Rethinking the patient

"Burden of Treatment Theory is a structural model that focuses on the work that patients and their networks do. It thus helps us understand variations in healthcare utilization and adherence in different healthcare settings and clinical contexts."

Rethinking the patient: Using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness
CR May, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:281

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