What is Value in Healthcare?

Value is the importance, worth or usefulness of something. In healthcare, it has been argued that the only value that matters is that to the patient. This lecture considers this hypothesis and the relationship between clinical outcome and cost of treatment. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/what-is-value-in-healthcare Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege Support the show