Communicating Value in Simulation: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Return on Investment.
Acad Emerg Med
; 25(2): 230-237, 2018 02.
Article
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| ID: mdl-28965366
ABSTRACT
Value-based health care requires a balancing of medical outcomes with economic value. Administrators need to understand both the clinical and the economic effects of potentially expensive simulation programs to rationalize the costs. Given the often-disparate priorities of clinical educators relative to health care administrators, justifying the value of simulation requires the use of economic analyses few physicians have been trained to conduct. Clinical educators need to be able to present thorough economic analyses demonstrating returns on investment and cost-effectiveness to effectively communicate with administrators. At the 2017 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference "Catalyzing System Change through Health Care Simulation Systems, Competency, and Outcomes," our breakout session critically evaluated the cost-benefit and return on investment of simulation. In this paper we provide an overview of some of the economic tools that a clinician may use to present the value of simulation training to financial officers and other administrators in the economic terms they understand. We also define three themes as a call to action for research related to cost-benefit analysis in simulation as well as four specific research questions that will help guide educators and hospital leadership to make decisions on the value of simulation for their system or program.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Avaliação de Processos e Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Análise Custo-Benefício
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Treinamento por Simulação
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acad Emerg Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel