The economic impact and multiplier effect of a family practice clinic on an academic medical center

Article Abstract:

Academic medical centers need to treat more patients by referral in the increasingly competitive medical environment. The medical care provided over a 1-year period to 6,304 patients of a family practice clinic located in an academic medical center was studied. For every $1 billed for initial ambulatory care at the clinic, $6.40 was billed elsewhere in the medical center. Each full-time family physician or equivalent generated $785,000 dollars in directly billed charges for the hospital and $240,000 in professional fees for specialist doctors. The cost of supporting a primary care clinic can be more than offset by revenues generated by use of the hospital and referral services.

Usage, Medical referral, Group medical practice, Ambulatory medical care, Ambulatory care, Hospitals, University, University hospitals

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Teaching Hospital Costs

Article Abstract:

Teaching hospitals that train medical residents could be adversely affected by cuts in health care spending. Researchers determined the cost per inpatient at 4,764 hospitals, of which 1,014 were teaching hospitals, using Medicare data from 1993. The cost per inpatient at teaching hospitals not affiliated with a medical school was 22% higher than the cost in non-teaching hospitals. The cost in teaching hospitals that were affiliated with medical schools was almost double the cost in non-teaching hospitals.

Hospitals, Teaching, Teaching hospitals

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Use and Costs of Medical Care for Children and Adolescents With and Without Attention - Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Article Abstract:

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) use more health care resources and their treatment costs twice as much as the treatment of children without ADHD. This was the conclusion of a study of 4,119 children with ADHD.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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