An edition of The healthcare imperative
(2010)
The healthcare imperative
lowering costs and improving outcomes : workshop series summary
by Pierre L. Yong, Robert Samuel Saunders, and LeighAnne Olsen
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Summarizes workshops convened in May, July, September, and December 2009 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care (formerly the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine), to explore the sources and implications of waste and excess cost in health care, as well as strategies and policies necessary to address these issues--
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Costs and Cost Analysis, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Quality of Health Care, Health Care Costs, Cost control, Cost of Medical care, Health Policy, Congresses, Medical care, Medical policy, Evaluation, United states, economic policy, 2009-, Medical care, united statesPlaces
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The healthcare imperative: lowering costs and improving outcomes : workshop series summary
2010, National Academies Press
in English
0309144337 9780309144339
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Table of Contents
SECTION I
EXCESSIVE HEALTHCARE COSTS: The healthcare imperative
Unnecessary services
Inefficiently delivered services
Excess administrative costs
Prices that are too high
Missed prevention opportunities
SECTION II
STRATEGIES THAT WORK: Strategies that work
Knowledge enhancement
Care culture and system redesign
Transparency of cost and performance
Payment and payer-based strategies
Community-based and transitional care
Entrepreneurial strategies
SECTION III
THE POLICY AGENDA: The policy agenda
Payments for value over volume
Medically complex patients
Delivery system integration
Delivery system efficiency
Administrative simplification
Consumer-directed policies
SECTION IV
GETTING TO 10 PERCENT: Taking stock: numbers and policies
Getting to 10 percent: opportunities and requirements
Common themes and next steps.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
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