Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sharan, Alok D
• Schroeder, Gregory D
• West, Michael E
• Vaccaro, Alexander R

Titel

The Service-Profit Chain in Spine Surgery

Ist Teil von

• Clinical spine surgery, 2016-06, Vol.29 (5), p.205-207

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Medicine has always been a service industry (as opposed to a manufacturing industry), as there is a shift from volume to value in health care, this point is becoming increasingly important. The delivery of good care extends beyond the technical aspects of performing a complex operation or prescribing the right type of medicine. Intuitively physicians have always understood the value of the physician-patient relationship, and its correlation to a good outcome. As patients are increasingly being forced to spend a greater portion of their personal income on health care through high-deductible plans and larger co-pays, physicians have to differentiate themselves through the delivery of great service beyond the delivery of superior health outcomes. Understanding the service-profit chain can help physicians succeed in the transition to a value-based health care system.