Efficient utilization of medical practice resources: a framework and case analysis.
In the present environment of cost containment, physicians need to better understand their practice cost of providing patient care. The objectives of this study are to provide a control framework to help physicians assess the effectiveness of resource utilization of their practices and to discuss a case illustrating the application of this framework at a practice clinic.
Ghosh
Dipankar
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University of Oklahoma, USA.
Alvis
Whitney
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D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D003361:Cost Allocation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000191:economics*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014600:Utilization Review