Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars

A focused review of RAND Health research identified small ideas that could save the U.S. health care system $13 to $22 billion per year if successfully implemented. They include changing payment policy for emergency transport and greater use of $4 generic drugs. Small ideas do not require systemic c...

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Main Authors Liu, Jodi L, Lai, Deborah, Ringel, Jeanne S, Vaiana, Mary E, Wasserman, Jeffrey
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Santa Monica RAND Corporation 2014
RAND Corporation, The
Edition1
Subjects
Accident and emergency medicine
Clinical and internal medicine
Congresses
Finance
Health Sciences
History
Medical care
Medical specialties, branches of medicine
Medicine and Nursing
Medicine: general issues
Medicolegal issues
Savings banks
thema EDItEUR
United States
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Summary:A focused review of RAND Health research identified small ideas that could save the U.S. health care system $13 to $22 billion per year if successfully implemented. They include changing payment policy for emergency transport and greater use of $4 generic drugs. Small ideas do not require systemic change; thus, they may be both more feasible to operationalize and less likely to encounter stiff political and organizational resistance.
ISBN:0833085239
9780833085238
DOI:10.7249/j.ctt5vjx1b