Does reducing length of stay make a business case?
The business case for improving quality and safety of health care, the authors contend, critically depends on savings in fixed rather than variable costs.
Weeks
William B
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VA Outcomes Group REAP, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, USA. William.B.Weeks@Dartmouth.edu
Resar
Roger
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D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000592:standards; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States