Although there is consensus on the importance of patient-centered outcomes, the prioritization of treatment experience and costs of care to the health system differ between HICs and LMICs. These ...

Findings from a study published March 20 in JAMA Health Forum showed that higher income is linked to better healthcare access ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Patients who have experienced discrimination in health care are significantly less likely to trust health systems to use AI ...

Cross-sectional MEPS/NHANES and KHPS/Korean NHANES analyses stratified adults ≥18 years by income deciles to compare six ...

I doubt that most Americans understand how truly subpar, cruel and porous the current U.S. health-care system is — we’ve ...

Every year, it seems hospital and healthcare leaders try new strategies to expand patient care and access across their markets. This year, a popular choice is to expand after-hour care. “This isn’t ...

Administrative costs account for almost a quarter of total US health care spending. Other nations spend a much smaller share (of their much smaller spending) on administrative costs. While high ...

American health care is getting more expensive, but Americans aren’t getting healthier. We spend $4.8 trillion annually on health care — more than any other country — only to have some of the worst ...

When a system keeps breaking in the same places, there comes a time when you need to stop patching and start redesigning. That’s where our health care system in Michigan is today. For decades, we’ve ...

Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and ...