A Differential Cost Study of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Wilford Hall Medical Center.

Abstract

The introduction of managed care and capitated budgets in military hospitals presents a new focus on the 'bottom-line' with an emphasis on cost control and management. Over the last two decades, military hospitals have used a system that produces 'full cost' data. Obtaining and using 'full costs' are necessary when businesses set price (or charges); however military hospitals are not for-profit entities, nor are they equipped to capture patient-level charges or resource use for billing purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA313826

Entities

People

  • Kirsten F. Watkins

Organizations

  • Academy of Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Catheterization
  • Commerce
  • Delphi Method
  • Health Care
  • Health Care Management
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Indirect Costs
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Organizational Structure
  • Physicians
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Medical or Health Care Field.