title: Health care's costliest 1%.
abstract: Patients at the top of the utilization pyramid consume a bigger share of resources each year. Who are they, and how can providers and communities better treat them?
authors.forename: Haydn
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bush
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015438:Health Behavior; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*