TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Value-Based Health Care for Hospitalists A1 - Moriates, Christopher A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Scheurer, Danielle B. PY - 2017 T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137604980 ER -