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Incentive reimbursement as an impetus to cost containment.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing, 1976
openaire   +1 more source

Hospitalization Utilization Metric After Major Oncologic Head and Neck Surgery With Microvascular Free Flap

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The primary length of stay (PLOS) metric fails to capture added time, costs, and reduced patient quality of life (QOL) associated with readmissions. To address these limitations, we propose a novel metric, the hospitalization utilization metric (HUM), which integrates PLOS and readmission LOS (RLOS). Study Design Retrospective review
Nana‐Hawwa Abdul‐Rahman, Anthony Tang, Zainab Balogun, Alexandria Harris, Shaum Sridharan, Matthew E. Spector, Carl H. Snyderman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the relative value unit: Rethinking value in neurosurgical practice. [PDF]

Surg Neurol Int
Gould J, Gendreau JL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Japan's Medical Care Reimbursement Programs in Primary Care from the Perspective of Social Determinants of Health. [PDF]

JMA J
Sakurai H, Sugiyama K, Iwase K, Yuuki Y, Oonaka M, Maeda M, Suzuki AA, Kondo K, Noguchi A, Nishioka D, Kondo N.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perspectives in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia: Part 2—One Center's 15 Year Experience Improving Quality and Safety Outcomes

Pediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric ambulatory surgery has become the dominant model of surgical care in the United States, driven primarily by economic forces. There is variability in regional practice patterns, quality improvement cycles, and outcomes. Opportunity exists to overcome knowledge gaps and provide sustainable pathways of quality improvement ...
Jennifer L. Chiem, Elizabeth E. Hansen, Kayla Reece, Samuel M. Vanderhoek, Sanjay R. Parikh, Paul A. Merguerian, Lynn D. Martin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in the Use of a Financial Incentive for Device-assisted Rehabilitation in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis Using National Health Insurance Data. [PDF]

Prog Rehabil Med
Kubo D, Hirose T, Asaoka Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason, Mark E. Bell, Kenneth F. Kellner, Chad M. Stewart, Jerrold L. Belant   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Payment Incentive to Improve Confirmatory Testing in Men With Prostate Cancer.

JAMA Netw Open
Srivastava A, Kaufman SR, Shay A, Oerline M, Liu X, Chachlani P, Guro P, Hill D, Van Til M, Linsell S, Labardee C, Dall C, Faraj KS, Maganty A, Ghani KR, Borza T, Ginsburg KB, Hollenbeck BK, Shahinian VB.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impact of China's employee basic medical insurance outpatient pooling scheme on outpatient healthcare utilization among middle-aged adults. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhou X, Li X, Chen H, Deng J.
europepmc   +1 more source