Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA.

Jeph HerrinHuihui YuArjun K VenkateshSunita M DesaiCassandra L ThielZhenqiu LinSusannah M BernheimLeora I Horwitz

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

There are high quality hospitals that are not high value, and a number of factors are strongly associated with being low or high value. These findings can inform efforts of policymakers and hospitals to increase the value of care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
acute care
quality improvement
palliative care
pain management
risk factors
health insurance