http://www.medicinethink.com/healthcare-quality-vs-spending-pt-1/ devise and revise. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.medicinethink.com/healthcare-quality-vs-spending-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Hospitals Need More than Political Reform – Healthcare Quality v Spending pt 2 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:45:03 +0000 http://www.medicinethink.com/?p=233#comment-83 [...] My last post dove in to healthcare quality versus spending and introduced the Dartmouth Atlas as one of the key insight tools we have for healthcare spending and quality here in the US.  Essentially the Atlas takes a look at the entire country’s spending in healthcare by using Medicare claim data as a proxy.  Basically that means they can identify spending and quality trends across the US healthcare system by looking at the Medicare system.  And, for those of you wondering, yes, despite the fact that most Medicare patients are over 65, the data that can be gleaned from their data can highlight trends across the entire healthcare ecosystem.  Or, at least, it’s the best tool we’ve got. [...] [...] My last post dove in to healthcare quality versus spending and introduced the Dartmouth Atlas as one of the key insight tools we have for healthcare spending and quality here in the US.  Essentially the Atlas takes a look at the entire country’s spending in healthcare by using Medicare claim data as a proxy.  Basically that means they can identify spending and quality trends across the US healthcare system by looking at the Medicare system.  And, for those of you wondering, yes, despite the fact that most Medicare patients are over 65, the data that can be gleaned from their data can highlight trends across the entire healthcare ecosystem.  Or, at least, it’s the best tool we’ve got. [...]

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