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ArticleHealth affairs scholar2025

Could a focus on care process put care back into the US health system?

Arnav Shah, Reginald Reggie D Williams

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Article in Health affairs scholar, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Arnav ShahInternational Health Policy and Practice Innovations, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY 10021, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-1059
Reginald Reggie D WilliamsInternational Health Policy and Practice Innovations, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY 10021, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The US health care system continues to underperform compared with other high-income countries, despite excelling on measures of care delivery and quality, also referred to as indicators of "care process." This commentary explores how the United States managed to perform well on measures of care process and how learning from this lone area of positive cross-country comparison can provide valuable lessons for improving overall health care system performance. By applying these lessons, the United States can create a more effective, efficient, and equitable health care system, ensuring better access, streamlined administration, and improved health outcomes for more Americans.

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care coordinationcare processnational health system comparisonpatient engagementpreventionquality of caresafe care

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PMID39990730
PMCPMC11843213

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