Implementation of a value-driven outcomes program to identify high variability in clinical costs and outcomes and association with reduced cost and improved quality

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1061-1072

  Lee, Vivian S ^a   Kawamoto, Kensaku ^a   Hess, Rachel ^a   Park, Charlton ^a   Young, Jeffrey ^a   Hunter, Cheri ^a   Johnson, Steven ^a   Gulbransen, Sandi ^a   Pelt, Christopher E ^a   Horton, Devin J ^a   Graves, Kencee K ^a   Greene, Tom H ^a   Anzai, Yoshimi ^a   Pendleton, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995878384     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.12226     Document Type: Article

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