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Variation in Hospital Episode Costs With Bariatric Surgery

Author(s) -

Tyler R. Grenda,

Jason C. Pradarelli,

Jyothi R. Thumma,

Justin B. Dimick

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2394

Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , payment , health care , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , medical emergency , finance , surgery , business , confidence interval , economics , economic growth

Under bundled payment programs, hospitals receive a single payment for all services provided surrounding an episode of care. Because health care providers, such as hospitals and physicians, accept more financial risk under these programs, they will need a better understanding of episode costs to identify areas to target improvements in quality and cost-efficiency.

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