Waste in U.S. Health Care Spending
June 1, 2009 | Chart
Potentially avoidable complications account for 14 percent of the average total cost of hip replacement in the United States.
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Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary
This article by researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas examines the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States, and suggests the use of information from regions with low growth in costs to find solutions to the problem.
Hospital Referral Region
February 24, 2009 | Chart
A compendium of materials, including an interactive map, provides data on Medicare spending levels and growth rates for U.S. hospital referral regions and states.
High Medical Cost Burdens, Patient Trust, and Perceived Quality of Care
December 20, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between high medical cost burden and patient trust in physicians. The authors find that patients with higher medical costs have lower levels of trust in the quality of care that they receive from their physicians.
Health Care for the Uninsured
October 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This paper provides new findings on how low-income parents perceive the quality and affordability of care available to the uninsured.
Prevention and Value
September 22, 2009
This synthesis provides policy-makers with a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness literature and investigates the economic evidence for investing in clinical preventive care.
Health Care Policy Experts Release Steps for Containing Costs and Improving Value in Health Care
September 1, 2009 | News Release
Proposal Includes Accountable Payment Systems, Insurance Reform and Personal Responsibility
Waste in U.S. Health Care Spending: Potentially Avoidable Complications, Chronic Condition Care
August 11, 2009 | Story
Potentially avoidable complications (PACs) account for up to 40 cents of every dollar in U.S. health care spending across six common chronic conditions.
Why is U.S. Health Care So Costly?
July 26, 2009 | Story
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey critiques the idea that more care is better care.
Taming Wide Variations in Spending Key to Health Reform
February 24, 2009 | News Release
Dallas Medicare spending is growing twice as fast as San Diego. The system rewards physicians for providing care even when it is not needed.