The association between cost and quality in trauma: is greater spending associated with higher-quality care?
In this study based on the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample, the care of injured patients is less expensive in hospitals with lower risk-adjusted mortality rates. Hospitals with low risk-adjusted mortality rates have adjusted mortality rates that are 34% lower while spending nearly 22% less compared with average-quality hospitals.
This study indicates that urinary NMP22 is a simple, noninvasive, cost-effective marker for the detection of bladder cancer.