Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond

Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond

There is tremendous variation in costs of delivering health care, whether by country, hospital, or patient. However, the questions remain: what costs are reasonable? How does spending affect patient outcomes? We look to explore the relationship between cost and quality of care in adult, pediatric an...

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Main Authors: Lauren Culbertson, Dmitry Dukhovny, Wannasiri Lapcharoensap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Children
Subjects:
health care costs
quality
neonatal intensive care
value
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/11/238
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spelling doaj-0ad177ba5ec541a8b498d064e4504b5e2021-04-02T16:51:35ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672020-11-01723823810.3390/children7110238Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and BeyondLauren Culbertson0Dmitry Dukhovny1Wannasiri Lapcharoensap2Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USAThere is tremendous variation in costs of delivering health care, whether by country, hospital, or patient. However, the questions remain: what costs are reasonable? How does spending affect patient outcomes? We look to explore the relationship between cost and quality of care in adult, pediatric and neonatal literature. Health care stewardship initiatives attempt to address the issue of lowering costs while maintaining the same quality of care; but how do we define and deliver high value care to our patients? Ultimately, these questions remain challenging to tackle due to the heterogeneous definitions of cost and quality. Further standardization of these terms, as well as studying the variations of both costs and quality, may benefit future research on value in health care.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/11/238health care costsqualityneonatal intensive carevalue
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Wannasiri Lapcharoensap
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Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
Children
health care costs
quality
neonatal intensive care
value
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Dmitry Dukhovny
Wannasiri Lapcharoensap
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title Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
title_short Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
title_full Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
title_fullStr Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
title_full_unstemmed Examining the Relationship between Cost and Quality of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond
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publisher MDPI AG
series Children
issn 2227-9067
publishDate 2020-11-01
description There is tremendous variation in costs of delivering health care, whether by country, hospital, or patient. However, the questions remain: what costs are reasonable? How does spending affect patient outcomes? We look to explore the relationship between cost and quality of care in adult, pediatric and neonatal literature. Health care stewardship initiatives attempt to address the issue of lowering costs while maintaining the same quality of care; but how do we define and deliver high value care to our patients? Ultimately, these questions remain challenging to tackle due to the heterogeneous definitions of cost and quality. Further standardization of these terms, as well as studying the variations of both costs and quality, may benefit future research on value in health care.
topic health care costs
quality
neonatal intensive care
value
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/11/238
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