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One approach to building an HSA data base.

H N Thornberry

    American Journal of Health Planning
    |September 9, 1978
    PubMed
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    Health Systems Agencies can improve credibility by focusing on health care expenditures. Analyzing costs helps agencies demonstrate value and control inflation, protecting health programs and enabling innovation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Health Services Research
    • Health Economics
    • Public Health Policy

    Background:

    • Rising healthcare expenditures pose a significant fiscal challenge to taxpayers, employers, and insurers.
    • Existing healthcare entitlements and coverage are threatened by severe fiscal pressures.
    • Health planning is increasingly scrutinized for its ability to demonstrate cost control benefits.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To outline an approach for Health Systems Agencies (HSAs) to focus information acquisition and analysis.
    • To enhance HSA visibility and credibility by addressing critical issues like rising healthcare costs.
    • To enable HSAs to identify, quantify, and monitor the impact of their actions on healthcare expenditures.

    Main Methods:

    • Focusing information acquisition and analysis on health care expenditures.

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  • Assembling and analyzing data on health care costs.
  • Isolating and monitoring the effects of HSA actions on healthcare cost changes.

    • Main Results:

    • Provides a strategic focus for HSAs to gain visibility and credibility.
    • Enables the identification and quantification of the most serious problem: rising healthcare expenditures.
    • Allows for the monitoring of HSA actions' impact on healthcare costs, crucial for future funding.

    Conclusions:

    • Health planning can be a vital tool for reducing cost inflation and protecting social/health programs.
    • Strategic focus on health care expenditures allows HSAs to demonstrate value and justify continued investment.
    • Health planning can guide investment shifts towards areas yielding greater health benefits, optimizing resource allocation.