Increasing the value of health care: the role of nurses
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Policy brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Lindrooth, Richard C., author Yakusheva, Olga, author Fairman, Julie, author Weiner, Janet, author Naylor, Mary D., author Pauly, Mark V., author
- Contributor(s):
- Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, issuing body. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Penna.] : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, October 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Economics, Nursing Health Care Costs Nursing Staff, Hospital -- economics Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Quality of Health Care -- economics Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate -- economics Medicare -- economics Nurses Nurse's Role Nursing Staff, Hospital -- education Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Reimbursement Mechanisms -- economics Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Increasing health care value has become a central objective of payment policies, insurance design and purchasing, and patient and provider decision-making. The word "value" appeared in the title of seven sections of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and earlier this year CMS set a goal of having 50 percent of reimbursement based on value. Nurses are the key contact for patients in all health care settings, and account for a large portion of the labor costs in many of those settings. Therefore, they have a direct link to value through both outcomes and cost. This brief reviews nurses' contribution to value, highlighting evidence published by researchers in the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI), an 8-year program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It also looks at interventions designed to address outcomes targeted by ACA- or Medicare-related payment policies.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (7 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101679492 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101679492