title: The Science of Health-Care Delivery.
abstract: As the health-care system evolves toward delivering greater value for the patient, orthopaedic surgeons are continually being challenged to manage the health of a population. The traditional focus of scientific inquiry within orthopaedics has been at the individual patient level. The science of health-care delivery is an evolving field that is aimed at bringing rigorous inquiry into determining the proper organizational design that can deliver high-quality and low-cost care for a population. This article provides an overview of basic concepts involved in systems and organizational theory relevant to orthopaedic surgery.
authors.affiliation: WESTMED Spine Center, Yonkers, New York aloksharan75@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alok D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharan
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000458:organization & administration*