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Balancing Accountable Care With Risk Aversion: Transplantation as a Model
Author(s) -
Axelrod D. A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , intensive care medicine , risk aversion (psychology) , expected utility hypothesis , statistics , mathematics
Transplantation is widely regarded as a model of accountability and transparency in healthcare; however, failure to accurately measure and report appropriate performance metrics is likely to result in risk aversion and decreased access to transplant for higher risk populations. See also Schold et al (page 67) and Schnier et al (page 31).