Health Affairs October 21, 2020
Editor’s Note
This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog short series, “Higher Health Care Value Post COVID-19.” The series examines opportunities to create a research and policy agenda using the changes wrought by COVID-19 to help create a better health care system in its aftermath. The posts in the series were completed with support for the authors from the Research Consortium for Health Care Value Assessment, a partnership between Altarum and VBID Health, through a grant from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). PhRMA extended complete independence to Altarum to select researchers and specific topics. Health Affairs retained review and editing rights.
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