Testing Cost Containment of Future Healthcare with Maintained or Improved Quality—The COSTCARES Project

Authors

• Karl Swedberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Desmond Cawley, Athlone Institute of Technology
• Inger Ekman, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Heather L. Rogers, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain
• Darijana Antonic, Public Health Institute, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Daiga Behmane, Institute of Public Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
• Ida Björkman Ida Björkman, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Nicky Britten, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
• Sandra C. Buttigieg, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta,Malta
• Vivienne Byers, Technological University DublinFollow
• Mats Börjesson, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Kirsten Corazzini, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina
• Andreas Fors, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Bradi Granger, Duke University Heart and Vascular Services, Durham, North Carolina
• Boban Joksimoski, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Skopje, North Macedonia
• Boban Joksimoski, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Skopje, North Macedonia
• Roman Lewandowski, University of Social Sciences, Lodz, Polan
• Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Einav Srulovici, Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
• Jan Törnell, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Sara Wallström, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Axel Wolf, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Helen M. Lloyd, , University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Document Type

Other

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3.3 HEALTH SCIENCES, Health care financing

Abstract

Increasing healthcare costs need to be contained in order to maintain equality of access to care for all EU citizens. A cross-disciplinary consortium of experts was supported by the EU FP7 research programme, to produce a roadmap on cost containment, while maintaining or improving the quality of healthcare. The roadmap comprises two drivers: person-centred care and health promotion; five critical enablers also need to be addressed: information technology, quality measures, infrastructure, incentive systems, and contracting strategies.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.309

Recommended Citation

Swedberg, K., Cawley, D. & Ekman, I. (2021). Testing Cost Containment of Future Healthcare with Maintained or Improved Quality—The COSTCARES Project. Health Science Report, vol. 4, e309 doi:10.1002/hsr2.309