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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 2/2013

01-02-2013 | Orthopaedic Healthcare Worldwide

Improving Value in Healthcare

Author: Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 2/2013

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The United States (US) healthcare system faces daunting challenges in the years ahead. Increasing costs, limitations in access to care, and variability in the quality of care delivered threaten the long-term viability of the system. Many factors contribute to the financial pressures plaguing the US healthcare system, including an aging population, a fragmented delivery and payment system, defensive medicine, advances in technology, and discordant incentives between the people who deliver and utilize healthcare services and the entities that pay for it. However, a primary driver of dysfunction in healthcare in the United States is a lack of emphasis on value. …
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Metadata
Title
Improving Value in Healthcare
Author
Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA
Publication date
01-02-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2712-x

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