Our #cost analysis of #dialysis interventions indicates big differences in #Medicare payment per year of conduit patency gain across specialties, driven primarily by discrepant use of #anesthesia and #operatingroom.
@torrlab @rkryu @RichDuszak @SIRspecialists

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This analysis speaks to need for understanding #outcomes and #costs within context of how care is delivered.

This is the very definition of #healthservicesresearch and why it is a critical perspective for #imaging and #irad

@economeer @NeimanHPI @Resmi_Charalel

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Patients don't care what portion of $ go to whom. #financialtoxicity is the real unintended consequence of care system design. Must work on reducing heterogeneity in #outcomes and #cost.

@ruthcarlosmd @GelarehSadigh

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#value = #outcomes/ #cost. defining #value in #radiology and #irad paramount to continuing evolution.

As indicated by this study, such analysis must incorporate a systems perspective to be meaningful to society.

@wadhwa_rad @KMSchramm @rwliu

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Big thanks to SIR Foundation for funding this work @BGSIRFoundation. Lots of support from @ColoradoIR to be acknowledged. Tackling bigger projects requires team effort and there is always a list of contributors who don't make a paper.

@SIR_ECS #GERRAF @AURtweet

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