Open AccessPhysician Impact on the Total Cost of Care
Author(s) -
Paul A. Taheri,
David A. Butz,
Louisa C. Griffes,
David R. Morlock,
Lazar J. Greenfield
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200003000-00017
Subject(s) - variable cost , total cost , indirect costs , medicine , fixed cost , direct cost , cost driver , activity based costing , total absorption costing , cost estimate , operations management , overhead (engineering) , variable (mathematics) , emergency medicine , economics , microeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , accounting , management , computer science , operating system
Physicians' efforts at cost containment focus on decreased resource utilization and reduced length of stay. Although these efforts appear to be appropriate, little data exist to gauge their success. As such, the goal of this study is to determine trauma service cost allocations and how this information can help physicians to contain costs.