title: Establishing a meaningful relationship: case costing and clinical practice.
abstract: The authors provide an overview of the defining principles guiding the movement toward managed care in an organization. Specifically, the significance of linking case specific costs to clinical practice activities and how this supports outcome monitoring will be discussed. Sustaining a cost-quality balance in the delivery of health care is predicated on the development of integrated financial and clinical information systems.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petryshen
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nagle
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D009864:Ontario; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000191:economics*