ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2023
Complexities of Simultaneously Improving Quality and Lowering Costs in Hospitals Comment on "Hospitals Bending the Cost Curve With Increased Quality: A Scoping Review Into Integrated Hospital Strategies".
Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Using case-mixes to understand health resource utilization trajectories among older adults at high risk of falls who received baseline geriatrician-based Falls Prevention Clinic care.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Trial
- Digital clinical decision support to improve care and to save costs: a pilot survey of the views of frontline healthcare professionals.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2025Article
- How to Design Integrated Strategies to Improve Healthcare Quality Whilst Containing Healthcare Costs? A Response to the Recent Commentaries.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
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Abstract
As health systems transition to value-based care delivery models, reducing costs and improving quality of care without sacrificing either remains a challenge for many healthcare organizations. There is extensive research on hospital costs, however, works addressing the complex relationship between hospital costs and the quality of care have been limited. In this commentary, I expound on the scoping review on integrated hospital strategies by Wackers et al that aim to improve quality while lowering costs. Specifically, I reiterate the complexity of the relationship between cost and quality and delve into major interdependent themes identified by the authors as relevant for the implementation of hospitals' integrated strategy.
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