• JAMA · Apr 1980

    Cost containment in emergency medicine.

    • S Karas.
    • JAMA. 1980 Apr 4; 243 (13): 1356-9.

    AbstractHigh-cost laboratory tests, roentgenograms, medications, and supplies were the focus of a voluntary cost-containment effort initiated in a community hospital emergency department. The department microcomputer determined that 100 of 1,560 possible chargeable items were responsible for 90.9% of the total cost to patients. Emphasis on cost containment in general and specific emphasis on the 100 high-cost items resulted in a 10.2% reduction in laboratory and radiology charges and a 3.3% total savings to patients.

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