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BACKGROUND:Limited empirical evidence exists regarding the effect of price changes on hospital behavior and, ultimately, the quality of care. Additionally, an overview of the results of prior literature is lacking. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to provide a synthesis of existing research concerning the relationship between hospital cost/price and the quality of care. METHODS:Searches for literature related to the effect of hospital cost and price on the quality of care, including studies published between 1990 and March 2019, were carried out using four electronic databases. In total, 47 studies were identified, and the data were extracted and summarized in different tables to identify the patterns of the relationships between hospital costs/prices and the quality of care. RESULTS:The study findings are highly heterogenous. The proportion of studies detecting a significant positive association between price/cost and the quality of care is higher when (a) price/reimbursement is used (instead of cost); (b) process measures are used (instead of outcome measures); (c) the focus is on acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and stroke patients (instead of patients with other clinical conditions or all patients); and (d) the methodological approach used to address confounding is more sophisticated. CONCLUSION:Our results suggest that there is no general relationship between cost/price and the quality of care. However, the relationship seems to depend on the condition and specific resource utilization. Policy makers should be prudent with the measures used to reduce hospital costs to avoid endangering the quality of care, especially in resource-sensitive settings.
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Appl Health Econ Health Policyjournal_title
Applied health economics and health policyauthors
Jamalabadi S,Winter V,Schreyögg Jdoi
10.1007/s40258-020-00577-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-10-01 00:00:00pages
625-639issue
5eissn
1175-5652issn
1179-1896pii
10.1007/s40258-020-00577-6journal_volume
18pub_type
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