Quality and saving: do they run together?
Wasserfallen, J.-B.
Revue Medicale Suisse 5(225): 2261-2263
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 19999313 Document Number: 14461
In the healthcare debate, it is often stated that better quality leads to savings. Quality systems lead to additional costs for setting up, running and external evaluations. In addition, suppression of implicit rationing leads to additional costs. On the other hand, they lead to savings by procedures simplification, improvement of patients' health state and quicker integration of new collaborators. It is then logical to imagine that financial incentives could improve quality. First evidences of pay for performances initiatives show a positive impact but also some limitations. Quality and savings are linked together and require all our attention.
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