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Management
- hold Medicare physician fees at current levels
- increase them only for particpating in innovations in how care is delivered
- implement bundled reimbursement approaches
- single payment for all services provided during a hospital stay
- encourage Medicare & Medicaid beneficiaries to seek care from integrated-care systems (patient-centered medical homes)
- reward primary care clinicians for coordinating care & using team-based approaches
- accelerate "meaningful use" of information technology
- make available comparative data on outcomes
- advise patients on marginal benefits of healthcare intervention when appropriate[8]
- consider number needed to treat, number needed to harm & the financial implications of the health care intervention
- principles for the future of medicine[18]
- empower patients
- expand access
- centralization, eliminate state boundaries
- no cherry-picking of patients to insure
- optimize technology[18]
Notes
- healthcare spending in 2011 18% of gross domestic product GDP) or about $8680 per person[1]
- low back pain & neck pain accounted for the 2 greatest health care expenditures in 2016[21]
- $3 trillion spent on health care in U.S. in 2014, an increase of 5.3% over 2013, primarily due to major coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act & a 12-percentage-point increase in prescription drug spending[11]
- $3.2 trillion spent on health care in U.S. in 2015, almost $10,000 per capita & nearly 18% of the gross domestic product[12]
- the federal government paid 29% of the bill, households (28%), private businesses (20%), state & local governments (17%)[12]
- costs for hospital care $1 trillion,
- costs for professional services (clinicians, dentists ..) $840 billion.
- prescription drug spending $325 billion
- % of population with health insurance ~91%[12]
- affordability index is a ratio created by dividing the mean cost of an employer-sponsored family health insurance policy by median household income: 31% in 2016, much unchanged from 2012 but much higher then 14% in 1999.[15]
- health insurance coverage expansion in Massachusetts was associated with a 2.9% reduction in mortality[6]
- patient access to pricing information leads to lower absolute costs per service, especially for complex imaging studies[7]
- failure to incorporate clinical guidelines into medical decisions due to lack of awareness is a major driver of healthcare costs[9]
- attempts for patient satisfaction along with fear of litigation also drive up healthcare costs[9]
- little evidence of benefits of consolidation of health care (mergers etc) to patients or society[13]
- 2013-2016 U.S. health care statistics vs 11-high-income countries[16]
- U.S. annual health spending per capita ($9400) nearly double that of other countries average ($5400)
- U.S. generalist physicians' pay ($218,000) higher than other country average ($134,000)
- drug spending per capita ($1440) higher than other country average ($750).
- U.S. life expectancy was lowest (78.8 vs. 81.7 years) vs other countries[16]
- 25% of the $3.8 trillion spent on healthcare in the U.S. is wasted each year[20]
- self-appointed saviors of medicine who do not care for patients leaves physicians on the sidelines in health care reform[17]
More general terms
More specific terms
- culturally-competent care
- integrated healthcare
- long-term health care
- low-value care
- obstetric care; maternity care
- planned parenthood; preconception planning; preconception risk assessment
Additional terms
- health
- health care worker (HCW)
- health insurance
- health literacy
- health maintenance (preventive medicine)
- healthcare-associated infection
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hartman M et al National Health Spending In 2011: Overall Growth Remains Low, But Some Payers And Services Show Signs Of Acceleration Health Affairs, Jan 2013 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23297275 <Internet> http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/1/87.full.html
- ↑ The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. Confronting Costs: Stabilizing U.S. Health Spending While Moving Toward a High Performance Health Care System. January 10, 2013 http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2013/Jan/Confronting-Costs.aspx
- ↑ Porter ME. What is value in health care? N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 23;363(26):2477-81 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21142528
- ↑ Swensen SJ, Meyer GS, Nelson EC et al Cottage industry to postindustrial care--the revolution in health care delivery. N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 4;362(5):e12 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20089956
- ↑ Owens DK, Qaseem A, Chou R, Shekelle P et al High-value, cost-conscious health care: concepts for clinicians to evaluate the benefits, harms, and costs of medical interventions. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 1;154(3):174-80. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21282697
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sommers BD et al. Changes in mortality after Massachusetts health care reform: A quasi-experimental study. Ann Intern Med 2014 May 6; 160:585 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24798521 <Internet> http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1867050
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Whaley C et al. Association between availability of health service prices and payments for these services. JAMA 2014 Oct 22/29; 312:1670 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25335149
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Roman BR On Marginal Health Care - Probability Inflation and the Tragedy of the Commons. N Engl J Med 2015; 372:572-575. February 5, 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25651255 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1407446
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Winawer NH What Are the Drivers of Higher Healthcare Costs? NEJM Journal Watch. May 28, 2015 Massachusetts Medical Society (subscription needed) http://www.jwatch.org
Kachalia A et al. Overuse of testing in preoperative evaluation and syncope: A survey of hospitalists. Ann Intern Med 2015 Jan 20; 162:100 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599349 - ↑ Martin AB et al National Health Spending In 2014: Faster Growth Driven By Coverage Expansion And Prescription Drug Spending. Health Affairs. Dec 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26631494 <Internet> http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2015/11/25/hlthaff.2015.1194
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hallsworth M, MPhil & David Halpern Applying Behavioral Insights to Improve Health and Health Care. NEJM Catalyst. Oct 12, 2016 http://catalyst.nejm.org/applying-behavioral-insights-improve-health-care/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Martin AB, Hartman M, Washington B, Catlin A and the National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. National Health Spending: Faster Growth In 2015 As Coverage Expands And Utilization Increases. Health Affairs. published online December 2, 2016 http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2016/11/22/hlthaff.2016.1330.full.pdf+html
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gaynor M, Mostashari F, Ginsburg PB. Making Health Care Markets WorkCompetition Policy for Health Care. JAMA. Published online March 2, 2017. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28253376 <Internet> http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2607819
- ↑ Cresswell KM, Bates DW, Sheikh A Why Every Health Care Organization Needs a Data Science Strategy. NEJM Catalyst. March 22, 2017 http://catalyst.nejm.org/healthcare-needs-data-science-strategy/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Emanuel EJ, Glickman A, Johnson D. Measuring the Burden of Health Care Costs on US Families. The Affordability Index. JAMA. 2017;318(19):1863-1864 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29098292 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2661699
Reinhardt U What Level of Health Spending Is Affordable"? JAMA. 2017;318(19):1869-1870 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29098277 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2661697
Antos J, Capretta JC Challenges in Measuring the Affordability of US Health Care. JAMA. 2017;318(19):1871-1872 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29098273 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2661698 - ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Papanicolas I, Woskie LR, Jha AK Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High- Income Countries. JAMA. 2018;319(10):1024-1039 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536101 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2674671
Emanuel EJ The Real Cost of the US Health Care System. JAMA. 2018;319(10):983-985 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536081 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674647
Baicker K, Chandra A. Challenges in Understanding Differences in Health Care Spending Between the United States and Other High-Income Countries. JAMA. 2018;319(10):986-987 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536082 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674648
Parente ST Factors Contributing to Higher Health Care Spending in the United States Compared With Other High-Income Countries. JAMA. 2018;319(10):988-990 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536080 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674646
Bauchner H, Fontanarosa PB. Health Care Spending in the United States Compared With 10 Other High-Income Countries. What Uwe Reinhardt Might Have Said. JAMA. 2018;319(10):990-992 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536083 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674650 - ↑ 17.0 17.1 West HJ Physicians on the Sidelines: How Can Healthcare Be Reinvented Without the People Who Actually Care for Patients? Medscape - Mar 14, 2018. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893790
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Mandelbaum BR Five Principles for the Future of Healthcare. Medscape - May 03, 2017. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/879203
- ↑ Blendon RJ, Benson JM, McMurtry CL et al Health Care in the 2018 Election. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:e32. Nov 1, 2018 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30380387 Free full text https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1813425
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Shrank WH, MD, Rogstad TL, Parekh] N. Waste in the US Health Care SystemEstimated Costs and Potential for Savings. JAMA. Published online October 7, 2019, PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589283 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2752664
Bauchner H, Fontanarosa PB. Waste in the US Health Care System. JAMA. Published online October 7, 2019. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589277 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2752663
Joynt Maddox KE, McClellan MB. Toward Evidence-Based Policy Making to Reduce Wasteful Health Care Spending. JAMA. Published online October 7, 2019. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589271 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2752661
Berwick DM Elusive Waste. The Fermi Paradox in US Health Care. JAMA. Published online October 7, 2019. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589275 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2752662 - ↑ 21.0 21.1 Dieleman JL, Cao J, Chapin A et al US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016. JAMA. 2020;323(9):863-884 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32125402 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762309
Ayanian JZ The Complex Mosaic of Health Care Spending in the United States. JAMA Network. March 3, 2020 Not indexed in PubMed https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2762676 - ↑ The White House. April 18, 2023. FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Most Sweeping Set of Executive Actions to Improve Care in History. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/18/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-most-sweeping-set-of-executive-actions-to-improve-care-in-history/