Abstracts by keywords: health care quality
When it comes to health care research, health economics emphasizes distributing scarce resources in such a way that overall maximum coverage of needs, measured in terms of patient benefit, is achieved. This means providing care as efficiently as possible, while from a medical perspective the most effective measure - regardless of costs - would be preferred. Using ex ante cost-benefit analysis, it is possible to model various alternative courses of action or care concepts. After an appropriate observation period, a re-evaluation of the everyday care data obtained makes sense. The aim is the targeted and continuous optimization of the quality of care, not cost containment. The actual cost-benefit ratio of a implemented care concept can help here. Health care research that focuses only on the costs or only on the benefits cannot result in optimal care from an economic perspective. For this reason, it is important to pay more attention to efficiency through cost-benefit assessment in health care research.