Understanding value-based healthcare

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The current state of healthcare costs and waste in the United States -- Medical coverage in the United States -- The challenges of understanding healthcare pricing -- Defining value : connecting quality and safety to the costs of care -- A changing landscape : cost consciousness and value in healthcare delivery -- Ethics of cost conscious care -- The importance of zip codes and genetic codes : variation in resource utilization -- Stents, robots, and the role of technology diffusion -- Primary care shortage crisis : lost opportunities to deliver value / David Margolius and Andrew Morris-Singer -- Barriers to providing high-value care / Daisy Smith and Steven Weinberger -- Building a pipeline for change : teaching about cost awareness and evidence-based medicine -- The role of patients : shared decision making, e-patients, and consumer directed healthcare -- High-value medication prescribing -- Screening and prevention : balancing benefits with harms and costs -- Shifting incentives : moving reimbursement from volume to value -- Implementing value-based initiatives : a new challenge for clinicians and healthcare systems.