Value-Based Care for Gallstone Pancreatitis

Value-based care, or spending less money to achieve better health, should be the goal of all modern healthcare systems. Simply defined as the change in patient (or population) health outcomes divided by the cost to achieve the change, value is hard to measure and even more difficult to achieve.1 The benefit for patients, providers, hospitals, and society is clear: reduced cost for better outcomes, providers focusing on quality over quantity, and improving the economic sustainability of healthcare systems.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited commentary Source Type: research