How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study.
<h4>Background</h4>Every healthcare clinical event aims to create value at a certain cost. This value has been defined as the outcome achieved (the degree to which a care event achieved a clinical goal) divided by the cost incurred (determined by the combined price charged by the care pr...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Every healthcare clinical event aims to create value at a certain cost. This value has been defined as the outcome achieved (the degree to which a care event achieved a clinical goal) divided by the cost incurred (determined by the combined price charged by the care provides) to generate the outcome. Subsequently, patient experience has been included as a third factor contributing to value of care, but its value and relationship relative to clinical outcome and event cost is not well understood. This cross-sectional comparative study explored the relative importance of 1) clinical outcome, 2) event cost, and 3) patient experience as they relate to the value of care in the South African private healthcare context.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Using a value perspectives survey, healthcare consumers (n = 662) and healthcare providers (n = 318) distributed 100 points between the three factors according to how they perceived their value. They were then asked to assess the value of the three factors across six clinical scenarios progressing in clinical severity.<h4>Results</h4>For all scenarios, all participants valued patient experience above event cost, but lower than clinical outcome. However, there were significant differences between consumers and providers in the relative value assigned to each of the three factors. These values changed as the severity of the surgical and medical scenarios changed. Patient experience was consistently assigned a higher value than event cost, thereby making a strong argument for its inclusion into the healthcare value equation.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Both South African healthcare consumers and providers assigned significant value to patient experience across a range of clinical scenarios. These findings suggest that patient experience should be included as a factor in the Value Care Index (VCI) where VCI = (Outcome ÷ Cost) x Patient Experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ca6636950b8f45eebb56f73cd775b0cf2025-02-09T05:30:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01202e031654710.1371/journal.pone.0316547How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study.Anchen LaubscherReitze N RodsethFrancois RetiefAdrian Saville<h4>Background</h4>Every healthcare clinical event aims to create value at a certain cost. This value has been defined as the outcome achieved (the degree to which a care event achieved a clinical goal) divided by the cost incurred (determined by the combined price charged by the care provides) to generate the outcome. Subsequently, patient experience has been included as a third factor contributing to value of care, but its value and relationship relative to clinical outcome and event cost is not well understood. This cross-sectional comparative study explored the relative importance of 1) clinical outcome, 2) event cost, and 3) patient experience as they relate to the value of care in the South African private healthcare context.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Using a value perspectives survey, healthcare consumers (n = 662) and healthcare providers (n = 318) distributed 100 points between the three factors according to how they perceived their value. They were then asked to assess the value of the three factors across six clinical scenarios progressing in clinical severity.<h4>Results</h4>For all scenarios, all participants valued patient experience above event cost, but lower than clinical outcome. However, there were significant differences between consumers and providers in the relative value assigned to each of the three factors. These values changed as the severity of the surgical and medical scenarios changed. Patient experience was consistently assigned a higher value than event cost, thereby making a strong argument for its inclusion into the healthcare value equation.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Both South African healthcare consumers and providers assigned significant value to patient experience across a range of clinical scenarios. These findings suggest that patient experience should be included as a factor in the Value Care Index (VCI) where VCI = (Outcome ÷ Cost) x Patient Experience.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316547 |
| spellingShingle | Anchen Laubscher Reitze N Rodseth Francois Retief Adrian Saville How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. PLoS ONE |
| title | How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. |
| title_full | How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. |
| title_fullStr | How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. |
| title_short | How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study. |
| title_sort | how value perspectives influence decision making in the south african private healthcare sector a cross sectional comparative study |
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