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The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes. Workshop Summary

Released:: December 16, 2009
Type:: Workshop Summary
Topics:: Biomedical and Health Research, Health Services, Coverage, and Access, Quality and Patient Safety
Activity:: Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care
Board:: Studies under the IOM Executive Office

Note: Workshop Summaries contain the opinion of the presenters, but do NOT reflect the conclusions of the IOM. Learn more about the differences between Workshop Summaries and Consensus Reports.

The United States spends more on health care than any other nation. In 2009, health care costs reached $2.5 trillion—nearly 17 percent of the GDP. Yet despite this spending, health outcomes in the U.S. are far worse than in other countries.

The Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, with sponsorship from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, held a three-part workshop series between May and September, 2009, to explore opportunities to reduce health care costs without compromising health status, quality of care, or innovation. Discussion focused on strategies, opportunities and policy options to reduce per capita health spending by 10 percent in ten years. The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes describes the workshop proceedings.

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