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Value in health care : accounting for cost, quality, safety, outcomes, and innovation : workshop summary /

The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation. Yet despite the unprecedented levels of spending, harmful medical errors abound, uncoordinated care continues to frustrate patients and providers, and U.S. healthcare costs continue to increase. The gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care
Other Authors: Yong, Pierre L., Olsen, LeighAnne, McGinnis, J. Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Series:Learning healthcare system series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The need to improve value in health care
  • Stakeholder perspectives on value
  • Approaches to assessing value: illustrative examples
  • Approaches to improving value: consumer incentives
  • Approaches to improving value: provider and manufacturer payments
  • Approaches to improving value: organization and structure of care
  • Aligning the system to promote value: now and in the future
  • Common themes and opportunities for action.