Analyzing National Health Reform Strategies With a Dynamic Simulation Model.
American Journal of Public Health, 2010
Proposals to improve the US health system are commonly supported by models that have only a few variables and overlook certain processes that may delay, dilute, or defeat intervention effects.
We use an evidence-based dynamic simulation model with a broad national scope to analyze 5 policy proposals.
Our results suggest that expanding insurance coverage and improving health care quality would likely improve health status but would also raise costs and worsen health inequity, whereas a strategy that also strengthens primary care capacity and emphasizes health protection would improve health status, reduce inequities, and lower costs.
A software interface allows diverse stakeholders to interact with the model through a policy simulation game called HealthBound.
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