Clinical process cost analysis: a promising tool for clinical improvement.
In today's environment, health care organizations are expected to provide the best possible care at the lowest possible cost. Neither aspect can be considered independently, but correlating the two with traditional systems of cost analysis is very difficult. This article presents a new method for linking costs to the process of care that also promises to be a powerful tool for clinical improvement and redesign.
Johnson
L C
LC
Lahey Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Batalden
P B
PB
Corindia
J T
JT
Marrin
C A
CA
Nelson
E C
EC
Plume
S K
SK
D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D012984:Software; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States