Perceptions of whether health care cost growth is affordable contribute greatly to pressures
for health system reform. In this paper we develop a framework for thinking about …

This paper updates one we published in 2003, describing the implications of continued
health care spending growth for the consumption of nonhealth goods and services. Our …

The Challenge of Rising Health Care Costs — A View from the Congressional Budget Office |
New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content Access provided byMGH The New …

This study analyzes changing trends in US health spending and concludes that although the
long-term growth trend has been a good predictor of future spending, periodic differences in …

The fourth section of our Special Task Force report focuses on a health plan or payer's
technology adoption or reimbursement decision, given the array of technologies, on the …

Over the past five decades, broad changes in the US health care system have dramatically
influenced growth in health care expenditures. This review identifies the salient factors …

A broad consensus holds that increased medical capability—technology—is the primary
driver of health spending growth. However, technology does not expand independently of …

Today the United States may be on the cusp of changing from a cost-unconscious health
care system to one that seeks value. The consequences of adopting a value-based …

Managing health care cost growth is a fundamental challenge facing our health care system.
Through analysis of semistructured interviews, we conclude that barriers to health plan …

Most observers see rising health care costs as an inexorable force. Dr. Elliott Fisher, Dr.
Julie Bynum, and Jonathan Skinner write that by learning from regions that have attained …