The Trial for Early Alcohol Treatment, Project TrEAT, was a randomized controlled trial of screening and brief intervention in primary care clinics. One of the few such trials to be analyzed in terms of cost-effectiveness, Project TrEAT was examined from two perspectives. The analysis from the perspective of medical care providers focused on clinic and hospital costs, contrasting the benefits t...

BACKGROUND Length of stay is the main determinant of the cost of hospitalization, which is why strategies must be implemented to reduce conventional hospital stays while maintaining quality levels. Short Stay Units (SSU) were created with the aim of reducing hospital stays in a certain group of patients and pathologies. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the literature on the evidence of decr...

Sechon 1110 of the Socml Security Act provldes for a cooperatwe research grants program The grants we gwen by the Social Security Admmlstrahon (SSA) under this program to nonprofit orgamzatmns for research m the broad area of socuLl security A report on & recently completed grants pro@ IS summarized below The prolect, deslgned to evaluate the effectweness of patlent care m hospitals, nas dnwted...

Contemporary issues facing institutional managers, as well as P&T committee members, focus heavily on balancing patient care costs and outcomes. That balance should assist organizations in achieving their value propositions in providing optimal patient care—in this case, through the appropriate use of pharmaceutical agents. Achieving a balance requires informed decision-making along with access...

BACKGROUND Regarding demographic changes in Germany it can be assumed that the number of elderly and the resulting need for long term care is increasing in the near future. It is not only an individual's interest but also of public concern to avoid a nursing home admission. Current evidence indicates that preventive home visits can be an effective way to reduce the admission rate in this way ma...

background and objectives: balanced scorecard is an increasingly popular tool for performance evaluation. healthcare organizations have broadly adopted this method for implementing their strategic plans. there is, however, increasing concerns on barriers to balanced scorecard implementation. built on the fundamental impacts of organizational culture on hospital performance, this study explored ...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to determine the quality of literature in costing of the economic burden of patient safety. METHODS We selected 15 types of patient safety targets for our systematic review. We searched the literature published between 2000 and 2010 using the following terms: "costs and cost analysis," "cost-effectiveness," "cost," and "financial management, hospital." We appraise...

BACKGROUND Older people represent a significant proportion of patients admitted to hospital. Their care compared to younger patients is more challenging, length of stay is longer, risk of hospital-acquired problems higher and the risk of being re-admitted within 28 days greater. This study aims to compare a Community In-Reach and Care Transition (CIRACT) service with Traditional Hospital Based ...