The savings illusion - Why clinical quality improvement fails to deliver bottom-line results

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Rauh, Stephen S ^a   Wadsworth, Eric B ^a   Weeks, William B ^a   Weinstein, James N ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855393062     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1111662     Document Type: Article

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