Reducing the Cost of Care Requires Care Redesign
Jonathan Bees, NEJM Catalyst
Vol. 2 No. 8 | July 21, 2021
Reducing health care costs is an ongoing battle for providers, and the range of solutions and strategies they pursue is often highly complex and interrelated. NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that care redesign is the activity with by far the greatest potential for containing the cost of care (selected by 61% of respondents). Related activities include shifting care to ambulatory/outpatient settings (40%) and more efficient use of clinical labor (29%).