Effective Care for High-Need Patients

This special publication from the National Academey of Medicine is the result of 3 workshops on how to better manage the care of the high-need patient population. The report states; “the top 1 percent of patients account for more than 20 percent of health care expenditures, and the top 5 percent account for nearly half of the nation’s spending on health care”.  

The Academy argues that “Improving care for high-need patients is not only possible–it also contributes to a more sustainable health system".

Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Outcomes, Value, and Health. Long P, Abrams M, Milstein A, Anderson G, Lewis Apton K, Lund Dahlberg M, et al., editors. Washington D. C.: National Academy of Medicine; 2017.