Abstract 6: What Proportion of High-Cost Patients’ Inpatient Spending is Preventable?

• Published in: Circulation Cardiovascular quality and outcomes Vol. 6; no. suppl_1
• Main Authors: Joynt, Karen E, Gawande, Atul, Orav, E. John, Jha, Ashish K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2013

Abstract only Objective: A small proportion of patients accounts for a substantial proportion of healthcare spending in the U.S., and the majority of costs in this group are due to inpatient hospitalizations. Many interventions targeting high-cost patients have aimed to prevent hospitalizations for...