Applying economic principles to health care.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Scott, R. D. ; Solomon, S. L. ; McGowan, J. E.
• Description:
  Applying economic thinking to an understanding of resource use in patient care is challenging given the complexities of delivering health care in a hospital. Health-care markets lack the characteristics needed to determine a "market" price that reflects the economic value of resources used. However, resource allocation in a hospital can be analyzed by using production theory to determine efficient resource use. The information provided by hospital epidemiologists is critical to understanding health-care production processes used by a hospital and developing economic incentives to promote antibiotic effectiveness and infection control.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Delivery Of Health Care Health Care Rationing Health Resources Humans Infection Control
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):282-285.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2e2d7f5667b0b4b36a36449b7c1ac323923c0b183f8df84053f74d8186070ec8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3309/cdc_3309_DS1.pdf
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