Paying hospital specialists: Experiences and lessons from eight high-income countries

The decisions, efforts and skills of specialists in hospitals lead the clinical care processes and determine to a large extent both the success of treatment and the resources used [1]. In most high-income countries, hospitals account for the largest part of health expenditures, usually between 30 and 40% of total spending [2]. Specialists control with their decisions the vast majority of these resources, e.g. by ordering diagnostic tests, prescribing drugs, and ordering and performing procedures [1,3].

Source: Health Policy - March 26, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Wilm Quentin, Alexander Geissler, Friedrich Wittenbecher, Geoff Ballinger, Robert Berenson, Karen Bloor, Dana A. Forgione, Peer K öpf, Madelon Kroneman, Lisbeth Serden, Raúl Suarez, Johan W. van Manen, Reinhard Busse Source Type: research