The burden of call: an objective approach to determining financial payment.
Discover a formulaic approach to paying for call that a health system in Tacoma, Washington, uses that quantifies, monitors and budgets the costs of call coverage.
Reed
H Lester
HL
Acute Care MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, Washington, USA. lester.reed@multicare.org
Hayduk
Maria C
MC
Tollefsen
Benjamin L
BL
D039602:After-Hours Care / Q000191:economics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington