Article
New England Journal of Medicine

Do We Spend Too Much on Health Care?

By: Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra

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Abstract

Health system reforms—such as changes in insurance design, patient cost sharing, payment reform, or price regulation—should be judged by whether they move us toward higher-value use of resources, rather than by whether they reduce spending.

Keywords

Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Value Creation

Citation

Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "Do We Spend Too Much on Health Care?" New England Journal of Medicine 383, no. 7 (August 13, 2020): 605–608.