The Dollar or Disease Burden: Caps on Healthcare Spending May Save Money, but at What “Cost” to Patients?

Various strategies to address healthcare spending and medical costs continue to be debated and implemented in the United States. To date, these efforts have failed to adequately contain the growth of healthcare cost. An alternative strategy that has elicited rising interest among policymakers is budget caps. As budget caps become more prevalent, it is important to identify which features are needed to ensure success, both in terms of cost reduction and health improvement.
Source: Value in Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research