Improving Value in Health Care Through Comprehensive Supply Optimization.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Thiel, Cassandra; Horwitz, Leora I.
- Source
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 10/15/2019, Vol. 322 Issue 15, p1451-1452. 2p.
- Subject
- *COST control
*ECONOMICS
*MEDICAL care costs
*WASTE management
*EQUIPMENT & supplies
*MEDICAL equipment reuse
- Language
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
This Viewpoint characterizes the costs of medical supply acquisition and waste as an underrecognized contributor to health care expenditures and proposes policy and practice reforms, such as standardizing reuse of some supplies and extending expiration dates on others that could optimize supply availability and generate savings without adverse effects on patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]