The $640 billion question--why does cost-effective care diffuse so slowly?

N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26;364(21):1985-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1104675. Epub 2011 May 18.

Authors

Victor R Fuchs¹, Arnold Milstein

Affiliation

¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

PMID: 21591938
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1104675

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cost Savings
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Delivery of Health Care / economics
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Diffusion of Innovation*
Health Care Costs*
Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Life Expectancy
Organizational Innovation
United States