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Effective healthcare cost-containment policies: a systematic review
perspective as many evaluations do not take into account cost shifting possibilities by providers and patients.
We summarised the available evidence, providing a broad overview of the literature on effective cost-containment policies. Most evaluations were performed for MCO competition, payment reforms, cost sharing and care coordination. High-quality evidence favors cost sharing, managed care competition, reference pricing, generic substitution and tort reform as effective policies to contain costs. Policymakers aiming to contain costs should resort to these policies to maximise chances of success.
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