Slowing the growth of U.S. health care expenditures: what are the options?

Slowing the growth of U.S. health care expenditures: what are the options?

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Davis, Karen, author
Schoen, Cathy, author
Guterman, Stuart, author
Shih, Tony, author
Schoenbaum, Stephen C., author
Weinbaum, Ilana, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, January 2007
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Control
Health Care Costs -- trends
Health Expenditures -- trends
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Health care expenditures are expected to continue to rise rapidly over the next decade, outpacing income and imposing stress on families, businesses, and public budgets. Evidence indicates that the U.S. should be able to achieve savings and better value for this investment by creating more efficient and effective health care and insurance systems. This report reviews factors contributing to high expenditures and examines strategies that have the potential to achieve savings, slow spending growth, and improve health system performance. These strategies cluster into six areas: 1) increasing the effectiveness of markets with better information and greater competition; 2) reducing high insurance administrative overhead and achieving more competitive prices; 3) providing incentives to promote efficient and effective care; 4) promoting patient-centered primary care; 5) investing in infrastructure such as health information technology; and 6) investing strategically to improve access, affordability, and equity.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 34 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101312939 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101312939