Rising Healthcare Costs in the U.S.: Strategies for Cost Reduction

Qualitative Research Methods
Evaluation: Rising cost in Healthcare in
U.S leading to ineffective health services
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Summarize the type of study and phenomenon of interest
This study concerns rising costs of healthcare in the U.S., that have in recent times led to various
policy and regulatory changes. Four pertinent articles taken in this area of interests are by M.
McClellan, A.N. McKethan, J. L. Lewis, J. Roski and Fisher (May, 2010) article, A National
Strategy to Put Accountable Care Into Practice (McClellan, 2010). This article summarizes
recent legislation and practices to address shortcomings arising from high healthcare cost in US.
Second article is by Cutler (2011), The (Paper) work of Medicine: Understanding International
Medical Costs (Cutler, 2011). The scope of this paper examines medical spending and way it can
be made efficient for more cost-effective operations.
Third article is by Chandra (2012) Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care,
recognizes ways in which healthcare costs in the US has risen parallel to GDP (Chandra, 2012).
Another article by D.M. Berwick and Hackbarth (2012) named, Eliminating Waste in US Health
Care, examines ways in which healthcare cost in the U.S. be brought within a sustainable range
(Berwick, 2012). It includes costs cut, reductions, benefits structures, payment levels and so on.
Discuss whether the sample and population used were appropriate
All the four articles made use of varied types of sample population that were appropriate for the
purpose of the study. Sample and population used were appropriately used for the study.