Better Care at Lower Costs: The Quest for Health Care’s Holy Grail

Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Jeff Brenner hypothesized that nurses and social workers could guide the country's most complicated patients toward better health ... and cut expensive hospital admissions along the way. Was he right?


Jeff Brenner, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers

Amy Finkelstein, Economist, MIT

Kathleen Noonan, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers

Allison Hamblin, Center for Health Care Strategies

Jensen Skinner, Nurse, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers

Larry Moore, Patient


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