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See Latest ArticlesHospital Quality And Intensity Of Spending: Is There An Association
Health Affairs, 07/23/09
Yasaitis L et al. – For all of the quality indicators studied, the association with spending is either nil or negative. The absence of positive correlations suggests that some institutions achieve exemplary performance on quality measures in settings that feature lower intensity of care. This finding highlights the need for reporting information on both quality and spending.
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