Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars

doi:10.7249/RR390

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DOI	10.7249/RR390
报告编号	RR-390-RC
	Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars
	Jodi L. Liu; Deborah Lai; Jeanne S. Ringel; Mary E. Vaiana; Jeffrey Wasserman
	2014
出版年	2014
页数	12
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	A focused review of recent RAND Health research identified small ideas that could save the U.S. health care system $13 to $22 billion per year, in the aggregate, if successfully implemented. In the substituting lower-cost treatments category, ideas are to reduce use of anesthesia providers in routine gastroenterology procedures for low-risk patients, change payment policy for emergency transport, increase use of lower-cost antibiotics for treatment of acute otitis media, shift care from emergency departments to retail clinics when appropriate, eliminate co-payments for higher-risk patients taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, increase use of $4 generic drugs, and reduce Medicare Part D use of brand-name prescription drugs by patients with diabetes. In the patient safety category, ideas are to prevent three types of health care-associated infections: (1) central line-associated bloodstream infections, (2) ventilator-associated pneumonia, and (3) catheter-associated urinary tract infections; use preoperative and anesthesia checklists to prevent operative and postoperative events; prevent in-facility pressure ulcers; use ultrasound guidance for central line placement; and prevent recurrent falls.
英文关键词	Prescription Drug Benefits Alumni RAND-initiated Otitis Media Patient Safety Pharmaceutical Drugs Health Care Costs Medicare United States Emergency Medical Services Students
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/3956
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jodi L. Liu,Deborah Lai,Jeanne S. Ringel,et al. Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars:RAND Corporation,2014.