Understanding healthcare efficiency-an AI-supported narrative review of diverse terminologies used.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians have become more responsible for pursuing healthcare efficiency. However, contemporary literature uses multiple terminologies to describe healthcare efficiency. To identify which term is best suitable for medical education to equip physicians to contribute to healthcare efficiency delivery in clinical practice, we performed a narrative review to elucidate these terms' meanings, commonalities, and differences.

Methods

The PubMed-database was searched for articles published in 2019-2024 describing healthcare efficiency terminology. Eligible articles conceptually described and applied relevant terminologies for physicians, while empirical studies and practice-specific articles were excluded. The screening was supported by an open-source artificial intellig

SUBMITTER: Bock LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature