Putting a price tag on training new doctors.
The nation's teaching hospitals depend heavily on $5.2 billion in annual federal payments for graduate medical education, but few of them know what portion pays for patient care and what portion supports teaching activities. Because hospitals and medical schools will continue to confront funding cutbacks under health reform, they must learn how to quantify the revenue and expenses associated with each activity to receive adequate compensation.
Pereira-Ogan
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Nash
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics*; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014146:Training Support / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States