Lessons for teaching cost containment

Training Physicians to Provide High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care

“…Eight articles used feedback as a starting point for reflection. 31,34,43,49,68,69,77,81 The authors chose this combination to counter the potential risk of creating a judgmental setting, which is not conducive to high-value, cost-conscious behavior. 49 von Ferber et al 69 introduced peer-to-peer review discussion groups (high-quality study).…”

A review of cost‐effectiveness, cost‐containment and economics curricula in graduate medical education

“…abolishing laboratory panels which requires tests be ordered separately, etc.) [62]. In addition, to be truly effective, teaching cost‐effectiveness should be a long‐term educational process rather than an occasional exposure encountered sporadically in the traditional curriculum [63].…”