Including quality attributes in efficiency measures consistent with net benefit: Creating incentives for evidence based medicine in practice

Evidence based medicine supports net benefit maximising therapies and strategies in processes of health technology assessment (HTA) for reimbursement and subsidy decisions internationally. However, translation of evidence based medicine to practice is impeded by efficiency measures such as cost per case-mix adjusted separation in hospitals, which ignore health effects of care.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Eckermann, Simon ; Coelli, Tim
Published in:	Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 76.2013, C, p. 159-168
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Australia \| Hospital efficiency \| Specifying quality variables \| Maximising net benefit \| Economic incentives \| Shadow price

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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