[EQ] Value In Health Care

Value In Health Care

Health Affairs, doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.w205  by Project HOPE 
27 January 2009 

From The Editor Susan Dentzer

“……..A paramount topic at the moment is value in health care: What should we pay for and how much? Resources aren’t unlimited, and desires or demands for health care should be balanced against various realities--including the effectiveness of care or the desire for other goods and services. Especially in a depressed economy, questions about value in health care may well be at the center of coming health reform debates.

Value discussions raise other issues, including efficiency, measurement, the influence of the payment system, and the locus of accountability for quality. The papers in this volume take up these and other aspects of the value equation. …………”

Building Organizational Capacity: A Cornerstone Of Health System Reform
Janet Corrigan and Dwight McNeill

Payment Reform Alone Will Not Transform Health Care Delivery - Charles N. Kahn III

Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare
Elliott S. Fisher, Mark B. McClellan, John Bertko, Steven M. Lieberman,
Julie J. Lee, Julie L. Lewis, and Jonathan S. Skinner

Medicare: The Place To Start Delivery System Reform - Francis J. Crosson

A Consumer Perspective On Physician Payment Reform - John Rother

Using Medicare Payment Policy To Transform The Health System: A Framework For Improving Performance
Stuart Guterman, Karen Davis, Stephen Schoenbaum, and Anthony Shih

Measuring Outcomes And Efficiency In Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Christopher P. Tompkins, Aparna R. HIggins, and Grant A. Ritter

Payment Reform Options: Episode Payment Is A Good Place To Start
Robert E. Mechanic and Stuart H. Altman

Consumer-Driven Health Care: Promise And Performance
James C. Robinson and Paul B. Ginsburg

Costs And Benefits Of Health Information Technology: New Trends From The Literature
Caroline Lubick Goldzweig, Ali Towfigh, Margaret Maglione, and Paul G. Shekelle

Measuring, Monitoring, And Managing Quality In Germany's Hospitals
Reinhard Busse, Ulrike Nimptsch, and Thomas Mansky

 

 

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