Health Care Use and Health Care Costs

M i t economist, joe doyle studies how, where and why we spend money on health care in the united states. He also sits on the board of the jemil poverty action lab at m t - a global research center that uses scientific evidence to inform policy on poverty. In 20 14, he partnered with doctor jeff brender and his team at the camden coalition to determine if their approach to caring for complex patients was working and if it was saving money. They looked to hospital readmissions to tell the tale.