"Gout-related costs and resource use were lower for those with infrequent flares, suggesting significant cost benefit to a gout management plan that has a goal of reducing flare frequency."
Flare frequency, healthcare resource utilisation and costs among patients with gout in a managed care setting: a retrospective medical claims-based analysis
R Jackson, A Shiozawa, EK Buysman, A Altan, S Korrer, H Choi
BMJ Open, 2015, 5:e007214
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Showing posts with label resource utilisation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resource utilisation. Show all posts
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
Why clinical quality improvement fails to deliver bottom-line results
"As the U.S. health care system begins shifting its focus from volume to value, hospitals will need to adapt their cost structures and capacity to accommodate lower per capita utilization rates as well as reductions in the per-episode intensity of care."
The savings illusion - why clinical quality improvement fails to deliver bottom-line results
SS Rauh, EB Wadsworth, WB Weeks, JN Weinstein
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 365:e48
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The savings illusion - why clinical quality improvement fails to deliver bottom-line results
SS Rauh, EB Wadsworth, WB Weeks, JN Weinstein
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 365:e48
Read more here.
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