title: Controlling healthcare costs by removing waste: what American doctors can do now.
abstract: Healthcare costs are unsustainable. The authors propose a solution to control costs without rationing (deliberate withholding of effective care) or payment reductions to doctors and hospitals. Three physician-led strategies comprise this solution: reduce (1) overuse of health services, (2) preventable complications and (3) waste within healthcare processes. These challenges know no borders.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. swensen.stephen@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Swensen
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Gregg S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Eugene C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Gordon C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Pryor
authors.forename: Jed I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Weissberg
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daley
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chassin
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014481:United States