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Title

Challenges to value-enhancing innovation in health care delivery : commonalities and contrasts with innovation in drugs and devices / Steven Garber ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Garber, Steven, 1950-
• RAND Health.
• Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy.

Description

xv, 33 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

"Limiting the growth of health care costs while improving population health is perhaps the most important and difficult challenge facing U.S. health policymakers. The role of innovation in advancing these social goals is controversial, with many seeing innovation as a major cause of cost growth and many others viewing innovation as crucial for improving the quality of care and health outcomes. The authors argue that mitigating the tension between improving health and controlling costs requires more-nuanced perspectives on innovation. More specifically, they argue that policymakers should carefully distinguish between innovative activities that are worth their social costs and activities that are not worth their social costs and try to encourage the former and discourage the latter. The paper considers innovation in drugs, devices, and methods of delivering health care, with particular attention to delivery."

Series Statement

RAND Corporation occasional paper series

Uniform Title

Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-341.

Subjects

• Medical innovations > Social aspects > United States
• Medical care > United States > Cost control
• Medical economics > United States
• Medical policy > United States

Note

• "Sponsored by RAND COMPARE and the Ewing Maron Kauffman Foundation."
• "Rand Health and Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy."
• "OP-341-EMKF" --P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-33).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the Internet.

Call Number

JBX F-6475

ISBN

• 0833059076
• 9780833059079

LCCN

2011938451

OCLC

753637169

Title

Challenges to value-enhancing innovation in health care delivery : commonalities and contrasts with innovation in drugs and devices / Steven Garber ... [et al.].

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2011.

Series

RAND Corporation occasional paper series

Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-341.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-33).

Additional Formats

Also available via the Internet.

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Link to electronic resource

Added Author

Garber, Steven, 1950-

RAND Health.

Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy.

Research Call Number

JBX F-6475