RT Book, Section
A1 Moriates, Christopher
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137604980
T1 Value-Based Health Care for Hospitalists
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137604980
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  field  of  hospital  medicine  was  built  on  the  premise  that  hospitalists  would  promote  and  deliver  more  efficient,  safer,  and  higher-quality  inpatient  care.  Indeed,  over  the  past  decade  hospitalist  care  has  led  to  shorter  lengths  of  stay  and  relatively  lower  hospital  costs.  However,  as  national  health  care  costs  have  continued  to  rise  unabated,  on  track  to  consume  approximately  20%  of  the  United  States  gross  domestic  product  by  2020,  the  government,  payers,  and  the  public  have  all  focused  renewed  efforts  on  improving  health  care  value—commonly  defined  as