Chinta Ravi, Burns David J, Manolis Chris, Nighswander Tristan
a Department of Management and Entrepreneurship of the Williams College of Business , Xavier University , Cincinnati , Ohio.
Hosp Top. 2013 Oct-Dec;91(4):69-80. doi: 10.1080/00185868.2013.848159.
The expectation that aging leads to a progressive deterioration of biological functions leading to higher healthcare costs is known as the healthcare cost creep due to age creep phenomenon. The authors empirically test the validity of this phenomenon in the context of hospitalization costs based on more than 8 million hospital inpatient records from 1,056 hospitals in the United States. The results question the existence of cost creep due to age creep after the age of 65 years as far as average hospitalization costs are concerned. The authors discuss implications for potential knowledge transfer for cost minimization and medical tourism.
认为衰老会导致生物功能逐渐衰退，进而导致医疗成本上升，这种观点被称为因年龄增长而导致的医疗成本攀升现象。作者基于美国1056家医院的800多万份住院患者记录，对该现象在住院成本方面的有效性进行了实证检验。就平均住院成本而言，研究结果对65岁之后因年龄增长而导致成本攀升这一现象的存在提出了质疑。作者讨论了该研究结果对于成本最小化和医疗旅游潜在知识转移的意义。
