Importance Increasing health care expenditures are taxing the sustainability of the health
care system. Physicians should be prepared to deliver high-value, cost-conscious care …

Sharon R. Kaufman examines the quandary of patients, families and doctors not knowing
the point where enough medical treatment becomes too much treatment. A hidden chain of …

Objective. To determine the trends and causes for increases in hospital charges in
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) fusions. Summary of Background Data. Trends in …

After many policy attempts to tackle the persistent rise in the costs of health care, physicians
are increasingly seen as potentially effective resource stewards. Frameworks including the …

Background: The clinical teaching unit is a widespread clinical training model that requires
reform to prepare physicians for practice in the 21st century. In this systematic review, we …

Introduction Oncologists are increasingly encouraged to communicate with patients about
cost; however, they may lack the cost health literacy required to effectively perform this task …

Over-testing is at the root of many of our problems. Ordering, reviewing, and interpreting
tests, explaining results, and follow-up testing consume valuable time. When a test isn, t …

Purpose Physicians play an important role in strategies to control health care spending.
Being aware of the cost of prescriptions is surely the first step to incorporating cost …

Leaders in medical education have increasingly called for the incorporation of cost
awareness and health care value into health professions curricula. Emerging efforts have …

Problem Physician behaviors that promote overuse of health care resources develop early
in training, and the medical education environment helps foster such behaviors. The authors …