Controlling healthcare costs by removing waste: what American doctors can do now

Healthcare costs are unsustainable. The authors propose a solution to control costs without rationing (deliberate withholding of effective care) or payment reductions to doctors and hospitals. Three physician-led strategies comprise this solution: reduce (1) overuse of health services, (2) preventab...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ quality & safety 2011-06, Vol.20 (6), p.534-537
Hauptverfasser:	Swensen, Stephen J, Kaplan, Gary S, Meyer, Gregg S, Nelson, Eugene C, Hunt, Gordon C, Pryor, David B, Weissberg, Jed I, Daley, Jennifer, Yates, Gary R, Chassin, Mark R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Back pain Cost control Cost reduction Cross Infection - economics Cross Infection - prevention & control Decision making Delivery of Health Care - economics Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration Ear diseases Efficiency, Organizational - economics Health administration Health care Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health care policy Health services Health Services Misuse - economics Healthcare quality Humans Medication Errors - economics Medication Errors - prevention & control Patient satisfaction patient-centred pay for performance Physicians Practice Patterns, Physicians quality of care Surgery United States
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Zusammenfassung:	Healthcare costs are unsustainable. The authors propose a solution to control costs without rationing (deliberate withholding of effective care) or payment reductions to doctors and hospitals. Three physician-led strategies comprise this solution: reduce (1) overuse of health services, (2) preventable complications and (3) waste within healthcare processes. These challenges know no borders.
ISSN:	2044-5415 2044-5423
DOI:	10.1136/bmjqs.2010.049213