Posted on December 17, 2008 10:48
Categories: Legislative and Regulatory Issues | Medicaid | Special Populations
Topics: Access/Barriers | Cost-effectiveness | Integrated Health | Regulation | Spending
This article focuses on controlling healthcare costs through more inexpensive materials, staff, equipment, and care sites. The authors provide examples of such innovations and discuss the barriers to implementation including financial, regulatory and policy obstacles.
Robinson. J. C., & Smith, M. D. (2008). Cost-reducing innovation in health care. Health Affairs, 25(5): 1353-1356. DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1353. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/5/1353
© 2008 by Project HOPE.
Authors: James C. Robinson and Mark D. Smith
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