Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Emergency Medicine

Value in emergency medicine is determined by both patient-important outcomes and the costs associated with achieving them. However, measuring true costs is challenging. Without an understanding of costs, emergency department (ED) leaders will be unable to determine which interventions might improve value for their patients. Although ongoing research may determine which outcomes are meaningful, an accurate costing system is also needed. This article reviews current costing mechanisms in the ED and their pitfalls. It then describes how time-driven activity-based costing may be superior to these current costing systems. Time-driven activity-based costing, in addition to being a more accurate costing system, can be used for process improvements in the ED..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Annals of emergency medicine - 67(2016), 6, Seite 765-772

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yun, Brian J [VerfasserIn]
Prabhakar, Anand M [Sonstige Person]
Warsh, Jonathan [Sonstige Person]
Kaplan, Robert [Sonstige Person]
Brennan, John [Sonstige Person]
Dempsey, Kyle E [Sonstige Person]
Raja, Ali S [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.00

doi:

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.08.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC197725795X