Suggested Changes in Practice, Research, and Systems: Clinical Economics Point of View

This book is about gaining value for patients in health care. We have covered a lot of territory, ranging from ethical and philosophical issues to the contributions of psychology and clinical medicine. Portions of the book consider problems in clinical practice, such as overdiagnosis, patient preferences, and assessments of quality and safety in health care. We have also considered methods in economic analysis and clinical epidemiology. Considering the collection of chapters, what general lessons have we learned? In this final chapter we summarize some of these issues.