Key result
Programs reducing surgical complications drive negative hospital cash flow without increased surgical volume.
Hospitals with limited growth prospects implementing surgical complication reduction programs may need shared savings agreements with payers to avoid negative cash flow.
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May deter hospitals from complication-reduction programs without volume growth; leaves open whether shared savings agreements align payer-hospital incentives.
Krupka et al. (2012) studied Surgical complications. Programs to reduce surgical complications was evaluated on Hospital cash flow. Programs to reduce surgical complications result in negative cash flow for hospitals without growing surgical volume, suggesting a need for shared savings agreements with payers.
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