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Variety of Cost-effectiveness articles 2008

An evaluation of a Diabetes Specialist Nurse prescriber on the system of delivering medicines to patients with diabetes. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17:1635-44 2008

 

Benefits And Costs Of Immunizing Children Against Influenza At School: An Economic Analysis Based On A Large-Cluster Controlled Clinical Trial
Health Affairs, March/April 2008; 27(2): w96-w104

 

Can health promotion programs save Medicare money? Clin Interv Aging 2007; 2(1) 117-22.

 

Contracting to Improve Your Revenue Cycle Performance. Healthcare Financial Management v. 61 no. 9 (September 2007) p. 88-95

 

The costs and cost-effectiveness of an integrated sepsis treatment protocol. Critical Care Medicine 36:1168-74 2008

 

Cost-effectiveness of providing full drug coverage to increase medication adherence in post-myocardial infarction Medicare beneficiaries. Circulation. 2008 Mar 11;117(10):1261-8. 

 

Cost-effectiveness of telephonic disease management in heart failure. American Journal of Managed Care 14:106-15 2008

 

Cost-effectiveness of the introduction of home blood pressure measurement in patients with office hypertension. Journal of Hypertension 26:685-90 2008

 

Cost savings associated with using immunization information systems for Vaccines for Children administrative tasks.  J Public Health Manag Pract. 2007 Nov-Dec;13(6):559-66.

 

Cost savings in quality improvement project to prevent venous thromboembolism. J Vasc Nurs. 2007 Dec;25(4):70-4.

 

Cost savings of unsedated office-based laser surgery for laryngeal papillomas. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2007 Jan;116(1):45-8.

 

Costs And Potential Savings Associated With Nursing Home Hospitalizations. Health Affairs, November/December 2007; 26(6): 1753-1761

 

Costs of hospice care less for most end-of-life patients: quality care and cost savings coincide. Case Management Advisor, 2008 Feb; 19 (2): 19-21  

 

Could a policy of provision of hip protectors to elderly nursing home residents result in cost savings in acute hip fracture care? The case of Ontario, Canada. Osteoporos Int. 2007 Jun;18(6):819-27.

 

Does preventive care save money? Health economics and the presidential candidates. N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 14;358(7):661-3.  

 

Dollars and sense engaging physicians in supply-cost control. Williams, Jeni. Healthcare Financial Management, Apr2007, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p63-68, 6p;

 

Educational interventions for prevention of healthcare-associated infection: a systematic review.  Critical Care Medicine 36:933-40 2008

 

Economic benefits of treating high-risk hypertension with angiotensin II receptor antagonists (blockers). Clinical Drug Investigation 28:211-20 2008

 

Efficiency of overhead ceiling lifts in reducing musculoskeletal injury among carers working in long-term care institutions. Injury 39:570-7 2008

 

Impact of Airbags on a Level I Trauma Center: Injury Patterns Infectious Morbidity, and Hospital Costs Journal of the American College of Surgeons 206, Issue 5 (May 2008)

 

The impact of nurse staffing on hospital costs and patient length of stay: a systematic review.Nurs Econ. 2007 Sep

 

Hospital-Physician Gainsharing In Cardiology Health Affairs, May/June 2008; 27(3): 803-812

 

Medigap coverage and medicare spending: a second look. Lemieux J; Chovan T; Heath K Health Affairs, 2008 Mar-Apr; 27 (2): 469-77

 

Multiple chronic conditions: prevalence, health consequences, and implications for quality, care management, and costs.J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Dec;22 Suppl 3:391

 

INSURERS SAY THEY WON'T PAY FOR PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS
Jeremy Smerd. Workforce Management. Costa Mesa: Feb 4, 2008. Vol. 87, Iss. 2; p. 4

 

Major trends affecting hospital payment. (cover story) By: D'Cruz, Martin J.; Welter, Terri L.. Healthcare Financial Management, Jan2008, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p52-60, 8p;

 

Medigap Coverage And Medicare Spending: A Second Look  Health Affairs, March/April 2008; 27(2): 469-477.

 

Options for slowing the growth of health care costs. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 3;358(14):1509-14.  

 

Position paper. Achieving a high-performance health care system with universal access: what the United States can learn from other countries. American College of Physicians Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008 Jan 1; 148 (1): 55-75

 

Risk management and measuring productivity with POAS --Point of Act System--a medical information system as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) for hospital management. Methods Inf Med. 2007;46(6):686-93

 

Revisiting nurse turnover costs: adjusting for inflation.J Nurs Adm. 2008 Jan;38(1):11

 

Seven tactics for hardwiring quality cost savings into hospital operations. Hosp Health Netw. 2007 Jul;81(7):34-5.

 

Team approach to cost containment Healthcare Financial Management. Westchester: Apr 2008. Vol. 62, Iss. 4; p. 51  

Ten lessons from the top 100: One thing is certain technology is part of the process of improving care.  Hospitals and Health Networks. July 2007

 

Undocumented source of pharmacy benefit manager revenue. Siracuse MV; Clark BE; Garis RI American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2008 Mar 15; 65 (6): 552-7

 

When costs count: the impact of staff size, skill mix and treatment intensity on patient outcome for psychotherapeutic day treatment programmes. Health Policy 86:255-65 2008

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