The lowering costs and improving outcomes : workshop series summary Yong, Pierre L. Saunders, Robert Samuel 1978- Olsen, LeighAnne. Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care. National Academies Press (U.S.) text bibliography conference publication dcu Washington, D.C National Academies Press 2010 monographic eng

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631 p. : ill. 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-- 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. HKBU library Pierre L. Yong, Robert S. Saunders, and LeighAnne Olsen, editors ; Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. YT2025 M09 Medical care, Cost of United States Evaluation Medical care United States Cost control Medical policy United States Health Care Costs United States Costs and Cost Analysis United States Health Policy United States Outcome Assessment (Health Care) United States Quality of Health Care United States RA410 H434 2010 9780309144339 0309144337 SDU 120510