What is the marginal cost for marginal risk in cardiac surgery?

Hospital technology and nurse staffing management decisions

“…There will be financial pressures on hospitals from all directions. Healthcare cost measurement usually focuses on holding down patient costs (Fetter et al, 1980; Williams et al, 1994), achieving high labor productivity (Li and Benton, 2003; Siferd and Benton, 1994), and maintaining higher capacity utilization levels (Li and Benton, 1996). As the US population is aging and budget cuts are on the rise, the need for automated computers and information systems is also apparent (Xu and Li, 1992; Xu, 1994).…”

“…Quality measures usually include clinical quality and customer satisfaction (Li and Benton, 1996, 2003; Williams et al, 1994; Kaluzny et al, 1992). Clinical quality includes appropriate equipment, timely treatment, adequate amount of services, appropriate doses of medicine and meeting acceptable standards of the industry's practices.…”

An exploratory analysis of hospital perspectives on real time information requirements and perceived benefits of RFID technology for future adoption

“…Previous research identified quality and cost related performance measures and possible links to technology and nurse staffing decisions (Li & Benton, 2003, 2006Williams et al, 1994). Cost related measures focused on high labor productivity, holding down patient costs and maintaining high capacity utilization.…”

Risk Scores Currently Used in German Heart Surgery

“…The increasing financial pressure on public health care has forced heart surgery institutes to control the quality of their operative results [4]. These results depend on the degree of difficulty of the procedures performed, operator skills, management of the post-operative course [5] and especially on the preoperative status of the patients; that is, the degree of cardiac and non-cardiac related disease severity in patients presented for heart surgery [6]. The extent of cardiac and additional organ impairment is an important factor in determining whether surgery is indicated or not.…”