Cost Containment and Patient Well-Being

Well-Being Analysis vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for quality of life, creates significant systemic errors. These problems have been lamented by many scholars, and recent calls have gone out from world...

Cost Containment and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Enhancing patient well-being: advocacy or negotiation?

The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visitors (UKCC) document, Exercising Accountability, states that the role of patient's advocate is an essential aspect of good professional nursing practice (1). The author examines the case for and against the nurse being the best person to act as advocate, and critically evaluates the criteria of advocacy. The problematic mo...

Cost-containment and cost-management strategies.

The leadership and boards of trustees of all healthcare organizations are the ultimate stewards of the limited resources available to best meet community needs. The strategic planning process leads the organization down a clear path of setting priorities, making choices, and taking action. The day a new cancer center opens or the latest technology arrives is an exciting one for the community. A...

Behavior and Well - Being : Behavior and Well - Being

The welfare of White Leghorn hens housed in conventional (CON) and modifi ed (MOD) battery cages was assessed by evaluating behaviour during the laying period. CON (30x45cm) (n=84) and MOD (60x45cm) (n=84) each provided 450cm2 of fl oor space for 3 hens. MOD included a perch (30x5cm) and a nest box (NB) (24x45cm), providing an additional 360cm2 of nest area per bird. Location of lay was assesse...