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Partnering with payers to improve surgical quality: The Michigan plan

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 138; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.surg.2005.06.037

1532-7361

Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer, David Share, Darrell A. Campbell, Richard L. Prager, Mauro Moscucci, John D. Birkmeyer,

Healthcare cost, quality, practices

With growing recognition that surgical outcomes vary widely across providers,1-4 employers and payers are becoming more actively involved in strategies for improving the quality of surgical care.5 Employers have obvious interests in minimizing productivity losses from employees undergoing surgical procedures. With ever-rising health care costs, purchasers and payers are also increasingly aware of the financial implications of surgical complications. According to one recent analysis, major complications add over $11,000 to the baseline cost of a surgical procedure.