| Key Points |
Refers to the results of an interesting survey by the University of Utah on perceptions of the key factors that are important to patients physicians and employers in that part of the USA. The main messages seem to be a) that physicians and patients rank the importance of various dimensions of value rather differently and that b) 45% of patients ranked "Out of pocket expenses" above "My Health Improves" (32%) This is obviously a sad reflection on the state of healthcare in the USA, but it also illustrates the multi-dimensional nature of perceptions of the meaning of "value". Unfortunately the link back to the actual survey results does not seem to provide any more details |