title: Program evaluation: a value-added approach to hospital cost reduction.
abstract: As the pace of provider integration and aggregation begins to diminish, many systems are looking for ways to get more value from their new organizations. Brett Turner, a principal with Hamilton/HMC, explains both broad-based and targeted approaches to evaluating programs to determine whether they should be continued.
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authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States