Measuring cost and quality of care under prospective reimbursement.
The dilemma of continuing to provide high-quality care in light of diminishing resources is one that strikes all medical staffs. The use of an automated clinical/financial data base in hospitals points the way to improvements in the cost and quality of care.
D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States