title: The burden of call: an objective approach to determining financial payment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Acute Care MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, Washington, USA. lester.reed@multicare.org
authors.forename: H Lester
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hayduk
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Tollefsen
mesh_terms: 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