GME: at what cost?
Current computing methods impede determining the real cost of graduate medical education. However, a more accurate estimate could be obtained if policy makers would allow for the application of basic cost-accounting principles, including consideration of department-level costs, unbundling of joint costs, and other factors.
Young
David W
DW
Healthcare Management Program, Boston University School of Management, Crimson Group, Inc., Boston, USA.
D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States