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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789492903321

Titolo

The healthcare imperative [[electronic resource] ] : lowering costs and improving outcomes : workshop series summary : Roundtable on value & Science-Driven Health Care / / Pierre L. Yong, Robert S. Saunders, and LeighAnne Olsen, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

0-309-18683-8

1-283-37612-1

9786613376121

0-309-14434-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (853 p.)

Collana

Learning health system series

Altri autori (Persone)

YongPierre L

SaundersRobert S

OlsenLeighAnne

Disciplina

338.433621

Soggetti

Health care reform - United States

Medical policy - United States

Medical care, Cost of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Excessive healthcare costs -- section 2. Strategies that work -- section 3. The policy agenda -- section 4. Getting to 10 percent.

Sommario/riassunto

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--