Patricia R Ayoung-Chee, Amy V Gore, Brandon Bruns, Lisa M Knowlton, Jeffry Nahmias, Kimberly A Davis, Stefan Leichtle, Samuel W Ross, L R Scherer, Catherine Velopulos, R Shayn Martin, Kristan L Staudenmayer
The prior articles in this series have focused on measuring cost and quality in acute care surgery. This third article in the series explains the current ways of defining value in acute care surgery, based on different stakeholders in the healthcare system - the patient, the healthcare organization, the payer and society. The heterogenous valuations of the different stakeholders require that the framework for determining high-value care in acute care surgery incorporates all viewpoints.
May 6, 2024: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery