Incentive-Compatible Prehospital Triage in Emergency Medical Services

Using data from a national survey and levels of triage effectiveness demonstrated in the literature, Eric M. Webb, University of Cincinnati, and Alex F. Mills, Baruch College, conservatively estimate that Medicare alone could save between $3 and $70 million per year (depending on triage effectiveness) by providing incentives for prehospital triage: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/poms.13036