Although there is consensus on the importance of patient-centered outcomes, the prioritization of treatment experience and costs of care to the health system differ between HICs and LMICs. These ...

Over the last several weeks, the Lewiston Tribune has run op-ed columns on American health care and its cost. We discussed ...

Cross-sectional MEPS/NHANES and KHPS/Korean NHANES analyses stratified adults ≥18 years by income deciles to compare six health-system domains across two distinct delivery and financing models. Income ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Even with significant organizational investment in cross-system coordination, primary care providers report a range of ...

When a system keeps breaking in the same places, there comes a time when you need to stop patching and start redesigning. That’s where our health care system in Michigan is today. For decades, we’ve ...

I doubt that most Americans understand how truly subpar, cruel and porous the current U.S. health-care system is — we’ve ...

Administrative costs account for almost a quarter of total US health care spending. Other nations spend a much smaller share (of their much smaller spending) on administrative costs. While high ...

Imagine being discharged from the emergency room after a severe asthma flare-up, only to return to a home located near factories or congested roadways that heavily pollute the air. Or having your ...

Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and ...