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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

Despite spending twice what other developed nations spend on a per capita basis for health care, the United States has a longstanding trend of having lower life expectancy, greater prevalence of chronic disease, and overall poorer health outcomes. However, this was outweighed by the reduction in utilization of hospital services.

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Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones

Harvard Business

For example: Constant display changes that take hours to set up and break down — hours that could have been spent on much-higher-value work like helping customers and trying out process improvements. Predictable schedules. It’s also expensive.

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