Applied Economics at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jun;29(6):1131-5. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0416.
The true measure of health care reform's success is whether it drives down medical costs over the long term. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has several features designed to modernize the delivery of services and thus ensure a more efficient, more effective, and less expensive health care system. These features include bundling medical services into larger payment groups, using value-based purchasing, and improving care coordination. These changes could spark a productivity revolution in health care that would make it much more affordable and simultaneously increase the quality of care. The success of these efforts at controlling long-run cost growth will require activism from the government and the private sector.
衡量医疗改革成功与否的真正标准是它是否能在长期内降低医疗成本。《患者保护与平价医疗法案》有几个特点，旨在使服务现代化，从而确保更高效、更有效和更廉价的医疗体系。这些特点包括将医疗服务捆绑成更大的支付群体，使用基于价值的采购，并改善护理协调。这些变化可能会引发医疗保健领域的生产力革命，使其更实惠，同时提高护理质量。这些控制长期成本增长的努力的成功将需要政府和私营部门的积极参与。
