Is a target culture in health care always compatible with efficient use of resources? A cost-effectiveness analysis of an intervention to achieve thrombolysis targets | Zendy

Robin Singaroyan | Zendy; C. Alison Seed | Zendy; R Egdell | Zendy

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Is a target culture in health care always compatible with efficient use of resources? A cost-effectiveness analysis of an intervention to achieve thrombolysis targets

Author(s) -

Robin Singaroyan,

C. Alison Seed,

R Egdell

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdi072

Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , liberian dollar , economic evaluation , health care , cost–benefit analysis , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , myocardial infarction , cost effectiveness , medical emergency , audit , business , operations management , finance , nursing , economics , economic growth , accounting , ecology , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , psychiatry , biology

The UK government has attempted to improve the quality of health care in the National Health Service and minimize geographical variations in quality by imposing targets in certain areas of health care. The measures taken by local health economies to achieve these targets have not before been subjected to cost-effectiveness analysis. We have assessed the cost effectiveness of an intervention designed to achieve thrombolysis time targets.

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