Redirecting Innovation in U.S. Health Care: Options to Decrease Spending and Increase Value

By Christopher Lau, Steven Garber, Arthur L. Kellermann, et al.

New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits, and (2) ensure that new medical products that increase spending are accompanied by health benefits that are worth the spending increases.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833085468
• ISBN13: 9780833085467
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.9"