Opportunities and Risks of Terminological Ambiguity: The Perception of Value in Value-Based Healthcare – A Multi-Method Study
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Abstract Background Value-based healthcare (VBHC) argues healthcare needs to be refocused to maximize value creation, defining value as the value quota (VQ) of outcomes important for the patient divided by the cost of the care. Value is central to the VBHC concept but could be an ambiguous term for professionals wanting to adopt the concept in an implementation process. We set out to explore the perception of value amongst different stakeholders who implement VBHC. Methods The perception of value, cost and VBHC was analysed using content analysis of semi-structured interviews from 19 clinicians and non-clinicians involved in implementation of VBHC. In addition, we exemplified the value quota (VQ) with data from a clinical trial to exemplify the possible association between patient reported outcome measurements (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and the EQ5D ), their perception of care (n=248) and cost. Results Clinicians described value as a dynamic concept dependent on the patient and the clinical setting, stating that improving outcomes was more important than containing costs. Value for non-clinicians appeared more driven by the interplay between the outcome and cost or resources. The quantitative data suggested a poor association between patients’ perception of value and VQ. Conclusions Our findings indicate that there is great variation in how different stakeholders (clinicians, non-clinicians) perceive the key concept of value when implementing VBHC. The most dominant influence was the voice of clinicians, focusing on increasing treatment efficacy and improving medical outcomes but having a limited focus on cost and what matters to patients. Moreover, patients’ own perception of value provided during a care period was poorly connected to the calculated value quota. If the concept of value is defined primarly by clinicians’ own assumptions, there is a clear risk that history will simply be repeated and the need for innovation will not be met. A single-minded focus on value” could therefore result in missing the target. The patients’ and non-clinicians’ perception of value must also be integrated with the clinical perception, if VBHC is going to deliver on the promise to increase healthcare efficiency and effectiveness.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.005 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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