Monday, July 18, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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To assess spending for the entire health sector, Weaver and coauthors rely on data on health care spending by cause as well as data on disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by cause.
With these figures, the authors estimate the amount spent per unit of health gained, which they refer to as "spending effectiveness."
Weaver and coauthors find that "the US spent $114,339 per DALY averted during the period 1996-2016." Further analysis shows that "a significant portion of the growth in health spending over time has purchased health improvements."
For future studies in health care spending, Weaver and coauthors identify Alzheimer’s disease; drug use disorders; chronic kidney disease; and endocrine, metabolic, blood, and immune disorders as areas in which spending is not associated with improving health outcomes.
Weaver will join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil tomorrow on the A Health Podyssey podcast to dive deeper into this research. Subscribe today.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Katie Keith summarizes much of the newest federal guidance and activity that relates to preserving access to reproductive services following last month's Supreme Court decision on Dobbs.
Alexander Gajewski and coauthors discuss how Congress should promulgate reimbursement for clinical teaching time in mental health. They write if we pay directly for teaching, health systems can set psychiatry and psychology trainee class sizes based on population needs.
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