The arduous quest for translating health care productivity gains into cost savings. Lessons from their evolution at economic scoring agencies in the Netherlands and the US

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• 作者：Ab Klink^a ; ^{klink.ab@gmail.com} ; H. Christiaan Schakel^b ; ^d ; ^{christiaan.schakel@radboudumc.nl} ; ^{h.c.schakel@gmail.com} ; Sander Visser^c ; Patrick Jeurissen^b
• 关键词：Health projections ; Sustainable health systems ; Health reform ; Regulated competition
• 刊名：Health Policy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：121
• 期：1
• 页码：1-8
• 全文大小：154 K
• 卷排序：121

文摘

The US and Netherlands health reforms of the past decade intended to increase efficiency. Economic scoring agencies have however been reluctant to assign cost savings to efficiency measures. More recently, both agencies increasingly map out obstacles to capture efficiency gains. This calls for further developing (research) agendas of appropriate (and efficient) care.