Tag: Health Costs
Intervention Can Improve Appropriateness of Telemetry Use
Hospitalist-driven intervention can reduce length of stay and decrease costs
Facility Costs of Hospital Birth Vary by Nearly $10K Across U.S.
Evaluation of hospital practices may offer opportunities for cost reduction
PCV13 Predicted to Be Cost Saving Versus PCV7
Although 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine is more costly than PCV7, net cost savings expected
Net Savings for Higher-Quality Colonoscopy
Those with higher polyp detection rates prevent more cancers, save more lives
Analysis Targets U.S. Hospitals With Highest Markups
In the 50 hospitals with highest charge-to-cost ratio, charges 10-fold above Medicare-allowable costs
Utility Score Can Help Predict Mortality in ICU Patients
Inverted U-shaped relationship for willingness-to-pay by ICU doctor and utility score
CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up
And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
Outpatient Uterine Polypectomy More Cost-Effective
Slightly less effective than inpatient treatment, but outpatient treatment is less expensive
AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs
Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
ASCO: Many Cancer Patients Interested in Genetic Profiling
Two-thirds of patients feel that tumor profiling could improve their treatment; many will pay out of pocket
