How value perspectives influence decision-making in the South African private healthcare sector: A cross-sectional comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Materials and methods

Using a value perspectives su

SUBMITTER: Laubscher A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11793816 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature