Value in acute care surgery, part 3: Defining value in acute surgical care-It depends on the perspective

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Oct 1;97(4):e53-e57. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004347. Epub 2024 May 6.

Abstract

Abstract: The prior articles in this series have focused on measuring cost and quality in acute care surgery. This third article in the series explains the current ways of defining value in acute care surgery, based on different stakeholders in the health care system-the patient, the health care organization, the payer and society. The heterogenous valuations of the different stakeholders require that the framework for determining high-value care in acute care surgery incorporates all viewpoints.

Level of evidence: Expert Opinion; Level V.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Care Surgery
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Critical Care / economics
  • Critical Care / standards
  • Humans
  • Quality of Health Care / standards
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative* / standards