Cost-effective health care

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan H. Rosenstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Health Care

scholarly journals How to measure innovation in radiotherapy: an application of the Delphi method

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Maria Jacobs ◽  
Liesbeth Boersma ◽  
Andre Dekker ◽  
Mark Govers ◽  
Philippe Lambin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Medical Physicists ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Effective Health Care

Objective: Innovation is an important driver for improving the quality of health care, yet a tension exists between innovation and providing cost-effective health care. To develop strategies that promote innovation, parameters are needed that are indicative of innovation. However, no recognised indicators of innovation in radiotherapy are currently available. The aim of this study is to fill that gap by providing a framework for measuring innovation. This should facilitate future multi-centric studies on strategies aimed at promoting innovation in radiotherapy.Methods: We applied the Delphi method in four rounds. The chairpersons of all Dutch radiotherapy departments were asked to suggest indicators. The resulting inventory was assessed by a number of Dutch radiation oncologists, medical physicists and managers. After implementig a cut-off score on suitability and measurability, we asked Dutch professors on innovation to assess the remaining indicators. Finally, the chairpersons reached consensus.Results: On the basis of the Delphi study, we derived 13 indicators in four categories, more specific product innovation, technology innovation, market innovation and organisational innovation, for measuring both incremental and radical innovations in radiotherapy; these indicators are also suitable for measuring the generation and adoption of innovations.Conclusions: We were successful in reaching consensus amongst the experts on indicators that measure innovations in radiotherapy. The developed tool will be used to investigate the relation between innovation and possible factors inhibiting or stimulating successful innovation and between the level of innovation and its effects.

Medical Homes: Defining Cost-Effective Health Care Teams

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
David Rakel ◽  
Stephen Bolles ◽  
Lori Knutson ◽  
Patricia M. Herman ◽  
Douglas Hiza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Health Care Teams ◽  
Medical Homes ◽  
Effective Health Care

Cleft Lip and Palate as a Cost-effective Health Care Treatment in the Developing World

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Magee ◽  
Richard Vander Burg ◽  
Kristin Ward Hatcher
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Care Treatment ◽  
Health Care Treatment ◽  
Effective Health Care

scholarly journals Evaluating Quality, Cost-effective Health Care Vascular Database Predicated on Hospital Discharge Abstracts

1991 ◽  
Vol 213 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM H. EDWARDS ◽  
JOHN A. MORRIS ◽  
JUDITH M. JENKINS ◽  
SUE M. BASS ◽  
ELLEN J. MACKENZIE
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Hospital Discharge Abstracts ◽  
Effective Health Care

scholarly journals Cost-Effective Health Care

Science ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 192 (4240) ◽  
pp. 619-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. ABELSON
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Health Care

scholarly journals Feasibility and Utility of Tele-Neurorehabilitation Service in India: Experience from a Quaternary Center

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meeka Khanna ◽  
Guru S. Gowda ◽  
Virupaksha Irappa Bagevadi ◽  
Anupam Gupta ◽  
Karishma Kulkarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Neuromuscular Disorders ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Neurological Rehabilitation ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Effective Health Care

ABSTRACT Background: Neurological rehabilitation service in developing countries like India is a great challenge in view of limited resources and manpower. Currently, neurological rehabilitation with a multidisciplinary team is limited to a few major cities in the country. Tele-neurorehabilitation (TNR) is considered as an alternative and innovative approach in health care. It connects the needy patients with the health-care providers with minimum inconvenience and yields cost-effective health care. Aim: The aim of this study was to study the socioclinical parameters, feasibility, and utility of TNR services in India. Methodology: A retrospective file review of TNR consultations provided through Telemedicine Center at a quaternary hospital-based research center in south India between August 2012 and January 2016. Results: A total of 37 consultations were provided to the patients belonging to four districts of Karnataka. The mean age of the patients was 34.7 (±19.5) years, 23 (62.1%) were aged between 19 and 60 years, and 31 (83.8%) were male. Thirty-one patients (83.8%) had central nervous system-related disorders such as stroke, cerebral palsy, and tubercular meningitis with sequelae or neuromuscular disorders such as Guillain–Barre Syndrome and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Twelve patients (32.4%) were advised to consult higher centers in the vicinity, and the rest was referred to the district hospital. Conclusion: The findings suggest that TNR services are feasible, effective, and less resource intensive in delivering quality telemedicine care in India. More clinical studies are required to elucidate its full utility at different levels and in different parts of the country.

Cost-Effective Health Care: The Rochester Experience

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Hall ◽  
Paul F. Griner
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Health Care

Cost-effective health care: Tools for improvement

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Alan H. Rosenstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Health Care
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