http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-22366 manikanna Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:10:11 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/#comment-22366 i do agree with Robert.having retired from drug addiction i find it more expensive to live.it is only a month since i quit drugs and i am already finding it hard to cope up with life.but there is nothing better than living a drug-free life. .......................................................................................... carol smith <a href="http://www.drugalcoholrehab.net/" rel="nofollow">Drug Alcohol Rehab</a> i do agree with Robert.having retired from drug addiction i find it more expensive to live.it is only a month since i quit drugs and i am already finding it hard to cope up with life.but there is nothing better than living a drug-free life.
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]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-22070 danwalter Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:18:48 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/#comment-22070 In this story of my wife's brush with death at the hands of Johns Hopkins Medicine, what should have been a procedure costing a few thousand dollars wound up costing a few hundred thousand dollars because of preventable iatrogenic problems, yet the insurer paid with no questions asked. http://adventuresincardiology.wordpress.com/ In this story of my wife’s brush with death at the hands of Johns Hopkins Medicine, what should have been a procedure costing a few thousand dollars wound up costing a few hundred thousand dollars because of preventable iatrogenic problems, yet the insurer paid with no questions asked.
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]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-22021 RobertBurney Thu, 29 May 2008 20:38:25 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/05/29/efficiency-measurement-in-p4p-moving-from-alchemy-to-science/#comment-22021 None of this addresses the cost of individual healthcare services--the cost of providing healthcare. Greater efficiency in the processes of care through price competition would have a dramatic and rapid effect on the amount paid for healthcare in the population. You are hoping for economy by reducing the amount of healthcare provided. Some of the P4P measures, however, will actually increase costs in the short term with little expectation of financial benefit. A successful P4P program using current metrics will likely increase costs, at least in the short term, and the costs of individual services will remain high. None of this addresses the cost of individual healthcare services–the cost of providing healthcare. Greater efficiency in the processes of care through price competition would have a dramatic and rapid effect on the amount paid for healthcare in the population.
You are hoping for economy by reducing the amount of healthcare provided. Some of the P4P measures, however, will actually increase costs in the short term with little expectation of financial benefit. A successful P4P program using current metrics will likely increase costs, at least in the short term, and the costs of individual services will remain high.

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