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The healthcare imperative

by Pierre L. Yong, Robert Samuel Saunders, LeighAnne Olsen

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Summarizes workshops convened in May, July, September, and December 2009 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care (formerly the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine), to explore the sources and implications of waste and excess cost in health care, as well as strategies and policies necessary to address these issues--

Costs and Cost AnalysisOutcome Assessment (Health Care)Quality of Health CareHealth Care CostsCost controlCost of Medical careHealth PolicyCongressesMedical careMedical policyEvaluationUnited states, economic policy, 2009-