“One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate the hospital, such as doctors and nurses.” PeopleReasonCareCostDoctorsIncreaseHealth CareHotelNeglectHospitalsNurseHealth Care CostsDoctors And Nurses Book:People and Performance Source: People and Performance
“I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20.” EyeGivenLossSpecialPolicyCostProfitTreatmentHospitalsBeggar Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Safe care saves lives and saves money. Adverse events like high levels of infection, blood clots or falls in hospital, emergency readmissions and pressure sores cost the NHS billions of pounds every year. There is a serious human cost, too, with patients ending up injured, or even dead. Most are avoidable with the right care.” YearsHumansCareFallLevelsBloodEventsSeriousCostSafePressurePatientBillionsPoundsHospitalsEmergenciesInjuredSaving MoneyHigh LevelInfectionAdverseSave A LifeNhsBlood Clots Author:Andrew Lansley
“At today's prices for medicines, doctors and hospitals-if the latter are available at any price-only millionaires can afford to be hurt or sick and pay for it. Very few people want socialized medicine in the U.S. But pressure for it is going to appear with the same hurricane force as the demand for pollution control if the medicine men and hospital operators don't take soon some Draconian measures... At the present rate of doctor fees and hospital costs under Medicare and Medicaid plans [taxpayers] are shovelling in billions with nothing but escalation in sight.” PeopleIfsMenWantTodayForceHurtPayPlansCostDemandDoctorsSickSightPressureMedicineRateAvailableBillionsLatterHospitalsPollutionTaxpayersMillionaireHurricanesMedicareFeesOperatorsMedicaidSocialized MedicineEscalationDraconianMedicare And MedicaidPollution Control Author:Malcolm Forbes
“For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits and ensure healthier children, families and communities.” ChildrenHelpingCommunityNumbersPovertyCuttingCostSafeDiseaseDollarsLifetimeProtectionMedicalTreatmentHospitalsHealthcareVaccinesDoseSave A LifeMedical Treatment Author:Seth Berkley
“... trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.” TryingMayStillsHandsRealizingPayCostBillsBoxesHospitalsConstructionNurseTissues Book:This Damn House!: My Subcontract with America Source: This Damn House!: My Subcontract with America
“The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that results exist only on the outside.The result of a business is a satisfied customer. The result of a hospital is a satisfied patient. The result of a school is a student who has learned something and puts it to work ten years later. Inside an enterprise there are only costs.” YearsImportantSchoolRememberResultsStudentsCostTenImportant ThingsPatientCustomersSatisfiedEnterpriseHospitalsSatisfied Customers Book:The New Realities Source: The New Realities
“The number of electrical injuries cared for in hospitals in the US is estimated at as many as 50,000; the cost of these injuries on the US economy is estimated at over one billion dollars per year.” YearsNumbersEconomyCostDollarsBillionsInjuryHospitalsElectrical Author:Richard Neal
“The Australian Government's decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game; eliminate waste; and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future.” EndsGovernmentGamesDecisionRolesCostWasteBlameBurdenShouldersRisingHospitalsDominantFundingAustralianBlame Game Author:Kevin Rudd
“Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital.” CareTodayAbilityPayTakenCostRegardPatientMedicalAcceptedTreatedTreatmentHospitalsCoveredHospitalitySt Jude Author:Marlo Thomas