General reference materials on U.S. health care and cost containment

 

Anderson G, Markovich P. Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2008. The Commonwealth Fund, April 2010. link

 

Davis K, Schoen C, Schoenbaum S, et al. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund, May 2007. link

 

Fineberg H. A successful and sustainable health system — how to get there from here. New England Journal of Medicine. March 15, 2012;366(11):1020-1027. link

 

Gawande A. The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care. The New Yorker. June  1, 2009.  link

 

Gawande A. The Hot Spotters: Can we lower medical costs by giving the neediest patients better care? The New Yorker. January 24, 2011.  link

 

Kaiser Family Foundation. U.S. Health Care Costs. Updated, March 2010. link   

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Industries. Behind the Numbers: Medical Cost Trends for 2011. link 

and Behind the Numbers: Medical Cost Trends for 2012. link

 

Thompson Reuters. White Paper: A Path to Eliminating $3.6 Trillion in Wasteful Healthcare Spending.  link   and related information. link  

 

Yong PL, Olsen L; Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine; Institute of Medicine. The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes: Workshop Series Summary. 2010-2011.  link

·        Summary: link

 

  

General reference materials on health care and health care costs in Massachusetts

 

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. Health Reform. link

·        Health Reform Toolkit Series: Resources from the Massachusetts Experience. link

·        Lessons from the Implementation of Massachusetts Health Reform. link

·        Health Care Spending in Massachusetts: Is It a Crisis or Is It Critical? August 2, 2011. link

·        Health Care Costs and Spending in Massachusetts: A Review of the Evidence. March 2012. link

  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers. Report for Annual Public Hearing. March 16, 2010. link

 

Kingsdale J. Hypercostitis: Political Theater In Massachusetts.  July 6, 2011.  Health Affairs Blog. link

 

The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council Final Report. Roadmap to Cost Containment. October 2009. link

 

Goodnough A, Sack K. Massachusetts Tries to Rein in Its Health Costs. New York Times, October 17, 2011. link

 

Song Z, Landon B. Controlling health care spending – the Massachusetts experiment. New England Journal of Medicine. April 26, 2012;366(17):1560-1. link

 

 

Webinar 1. Our Health Care System: Why Are Costs Rising and What Should We Do About Them?

 

Kaiser Family Foundation. Health Care Spending in the United States and Selected OECD Countries. April 2011. link

 

Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust. Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey. September 2011. link

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy. Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends: Price Variation in Massachusetts Health Care Services. May 2011. Revised June 3, 2011. Publication Number: 11-146-HCF-03. link

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Improving Care Coordination and Lowering Costs by Bundling Payments. August 23, 2011. link

 

Mechanic R, Santos P, Landon B, et al. Medical Group Responses to Global Payment: Early Lessons from the 'Alternative Quality Contract' in Massachusetts. Health Affairs, Sept. 2011; 30(9):1734–42. link

 

The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council. link

·        Information for Consumers link

·        MyHealthCareOptions. link