Will the Real Cost Drivers Please Stand Up?

High healthcare spending is a top concern policymakers, advocates and consumers alike. But what is driving our ever-increasing spending? New research provides details about the relative importance of various cost drivers (e.g., unit prices, disease prevalence and intensity, obesity, etc.), both overall and within patient diagnoses groups (e.g., diabetes or heart disease). This research identifies the cost drivers that matter most and actionable information we can use to tackle our high healthcare spending trend.

Date and Time

Jan. 19, 2018
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

Speakers

• Joseph Dieleman, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
• Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation
• Lynn Quincy, Healthcare Value Hub (moderator)

Resources

• Factors Associated With Increases in US Health Care Spending, 1996-2013, Joe Dieleman, JAMA (available free until Feb. 7, 2018)
• Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker
• Joe Dieleman: Tracking Personal Health Spending Data Visualization Website
• What can states do for each of these cost drivers?  
• Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care, New York Times

* Note: Due to a technical glitch, the webinar recording was split into two recordings – both available at YouTube.