Conference Summary: Setting Priorities In Medical Care Through Benefit Design And Medical Management
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 23 (Suppl1) , W4-300
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.w4.300
Abstract
As health care costs continue to increase, so does the importance of setting priorities in the allocation of medical care resources. Based on a November 2003 roundtable, this paper discusses the potential for benefit design (the definition of covered benefits) and medical management (the criteria by which benefits are applied to specific patients) to contribute to priority setting, particularly in the context of increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine.Keywords
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