Opinion: Value extends beyond the cost of drugs and health care
It's essential to get patients' perspectives on productivity, out-of-pocket spending, convenience, and more to accurately assess the value of drugs and health care services.
In the ongoing debate about value in health care, the narrative in the media, political campaigns, and congressional hearings has consistently focused on the relatively narrow issue of drug pricing.
We are squandering time and resources trying to find a neat answer to “what is value?” by focusing on the cost of drugs without tackling other hard questions at the heart of measuring value across health
