Can delivery systems use cost-effectiveness analysis to reduce healthcare costs and improve value?

Can delivery systems use cost-effectiveness analysis to reduce healthcare costs and improve value?

Understanding costs and ensuring that we demonstrate value in healthcare is a foundational presumption as we transform the way we deliver and pay for healthcare in the U.S. With a focus on population health and payment reforms underway, there is increased pressure to examine cost-effectiveness in healthcare delivery. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a type of economic analysis comparing the...

Using Evidence to Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems

If pressed to identify the person or persons who has most directly affected their health and healthcare, most people would name their family members and friends, along with doctors, nurses, and others they’ve encountered at clinics or hospitals. Few would identify a politician or other policymaker because health policy is made far from the bedside. Yet the enactment of health policies can be tr...

Transforming Health Care Payment and Delivery Systems to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs

How palliative care can reduce healthcare costs & improve quality of care

The sustainability of the healthcare system has been in question for several years. With rising healthcare costs, limited resources and an aging population, society needs to come up with innovative ideas to reduce healthcare spending. This paper attempts to illustrate how addressing goals of care can have a significant impact on healthcare costs.

Can implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy reduce healthcare costs?

This article presents a comparison of the costs and the cost effectiveness of defibrillator implantation in a hypothetical scenario for the years 1996-2000, with recently reported actual data from the Dutch prospective study over the years 1989-1993. Recently, technological advances in pulse generator and leads have revolutionized implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Major adva...