Background: Before Canada's single-payer reform, its payment system, health costs, and
number of health administrative personnel per capita resembled those of the United States …

Purpose. Delirium frequently affects critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The
purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of delirium on ICU and hospital length of stay …

This American College of Physicians (ACP) position paper, initiated and written by ACP's
Medical Practice and Quality Committee and approved by the Board of Regents on 21 …

Importance Administrative costs in the US health care system are an important component of
total health care spending, and a substantial proportion of these costs are attributable to …

Doctors often complain about the burden of administrative work, but few studies have
quantified how much time clinicians devote to administrative tasks. We quantified the time …

Context: Health care costs in the United States are much higher than those in industrial
countries with similar or better health system performance. Wasteful spending has many …

BACKGROUND: Many believe that computerization will improve health care quality, reduce
costs, and increase administrative efficiency. However, no previous studies have examined …

Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staffs spend
interacting with health plans. However, little information exists about the extent of these …

Hospitals must disclose their cash prices, commercial negotiated rates, and chargemaster
prices for seventy common, shoppable services under the hospital price transparency rule …

Physician practices, especially the small practices with just one or two physicians that are
common in the United States, incur substantial costs in time and labor interacting with …