Cost Over Care


Author: California Healthcare Institute

In this series, leading health policy experts will explore how applying cost-effectiveness analysis to health care coverage decisions effects patients' access to innovative therapies.

 

Episodes


Episode One: Introduction to Cost-based Medicine
Dr. David Gollaher, President and CEO of CHI, explores true "evidence-based medicine." He also discusses the misinterpretations of the term and how it is misused to advance cost-based health policies.
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Running time: 6:06 | Download MP3
 
Episode Two: Cost-cutting Measures Raising Health Disparities
Dr. Kwabena Adubofour, Medical Director of the East Main Clinic and Stockton Diabetes Intervention Center, explores how enacting cost-based healthcare policies would increase healthcare disparities among minority communities.
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Running time: 5:17 | Download MP3
 
Episode Three: The True Cost of Care
In this episode, Meryl Comer, emmy-award winning journalist and caregiver, shares her personal story of how cost-effectiveness analysis has impacted her husband, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
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Running time: 4:33 | Download MP3
 
Episode Four: One Size Healthcare Doesn't Fit All
In this episode, Peter J. Pitts, co-founder and president of the Center for Medicines in the Public Interest and former FDA Associate Commissioner for External Relations, will discuss why it's important to find the best treatment for each individual patient. One size doesn't fit all when it comes to healthcare.
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Running time: 4:34 | Download MP3
 
Episode Five: Choosing Cost Over Care
In the fifth and final episode, Dr. David Gollaher, president and CEO of CHI, urges state and federal policymakers to factor in individual patient differences, physician decision-making, and the need to provide incentives for future medical innovation into their healthcare proposals.
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Running time: 5:41 | Download MP3
 

 
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