Abstract
Background: The Value-Based Healthcare (VBH) concept is designed to improve individual healthcare outcomes without increasing expenditure, and is increasingly being used to determine resourcing of and reimbursement for medical services. Radiology is a major contributor to patient and societal healthcare at many levels. Despite this, some VBH models do not acknowledge radiology's central role; this may have future negative consequences for resource allocation.
Methods, findings and interpretation: This multi-society paper, representing the views of Radiology Societies in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, describes the place of radiology in VBH models and the health-care value contributions of radiology. Potential steps to objectify and quantify the value contributed by radiology to healthcare are outlined.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 486-491 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Radiology |
Volume | 298 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 21 Dec 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This paper was endorsed in September 2020 by the governing bodies of the American College of Radiology, the Canadian Association of Radiologists, the European Society of Radiology, the International Society of Strategic Studies in Radiology, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, and the Radiological Society of North America. This article is co-published in Insights into Imaging (doi: 10.1186/ s13244-020-00941-z), the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal (doi: 10.1177/0846537120982567), the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13125), the Journal of the American College of Radiology (doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.12.003), and Radiology (doi: 10.1148/ radiol.2020209027).
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