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Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States

Health Affairs, 2013-04, Vol.32 (4), p.643-652 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE Apr 2013 ;ISSN: 0278-2715 ;EISSN: 1544-5208 ;EISSN: 2694-233X ;DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252 ;PMID: 23569043

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Title:
Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States
Author: Stabile, Mark ; Thomson, Sarah ; Allin, Sara ; Boyle, Seán ; Busse, Reinhard ; Chevreul, Karine ; Marchildon, Greg ; Mossialos, Elias
Subjects: Best practice ; Budgets ; Budgets - organization & administration ; Canada ; Comparative government ; Cost control ; Cost Control - economics ; Cost Control - organization & administration ; Cost effectiveness ; Costs ; Delivery of Health Care - economics ; Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration ; Dental care ; Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data ; England ; France ; Germany ; Health Care Costs ; Health care expenditures ; Health care policy ; Health insurance ; Health Policy ; Households ; Humans ; Insurance coverage ; Medical service ; Observatories ; Per capita ; Policy making ; Provinces ; Reimbursement Mechanisms - economics ; Reimbursement Mechanisms - organization & administration ; Studies ; Technology assessment ; Technology Assessment, Biomedical ; Trends ; United Kingdom ; United States ; Universal Coverage - economics ; Universal Coverage - organization & administration ; Wage & price controls
Is Part Of: Health Affairs, 2013-04, Vol.32 (4), p.643-652
Description: Around the world, rising health care costs are claiming a larger share of national budgets. This article reviews strategies developed to contain costs in health systems in Canada, England, France, and Germany in 2000-10. We used a comprehensive analysis of health systems and reforms in each country, compiled by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. These countries rely on a number of budget and price-setting mechanisms to contain health care costs. Our review revealed trends in all four countries toward more use of technology assessments and payment based on diagnosis-related groups and the value of products or services. These policies may result in a more efficient use of health care resources, but we argue that they need to be combined with volume and price controls--measures unlikely to be adopted in the United States--if they are also to meet cost containment goals.
Publisher: United States: The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0278-2715
EISSN: 1544-5208
EISSN: 2694-233X
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252
PMID: 23569043
Source: MEDLINE
ProQuest Central

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Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States

Copyright The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE Apr 2013 ;ISSN: 0278-2715 ;EISSN: 1544-5208 ;EISSN: 2694-233X ;DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252 ;PMID: 23569043

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