Physician practice profiles: a case study of the use of audit and feedback in an ambulatory care group practice.
A computerized audit and feedback program has been developed to allocate costs to the provider whose actions generate these costs. Under this program constant dollar charges for ancillary services declined by 23 percent, and program-related savings are substantially above operational costs.
D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005246:Feedback; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006123:Group Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008485:Medical Audit; D009519:New York City; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*