Donald Berwick Quotes

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• Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete…
• Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the…
• Some is not a number. Soon is not a time.
• The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we…
• In an interview, last year in the journal Biotechnology Healthcare, Dr. Berwick said, “The decision is not whether or not we will ration care —…
• I am romantic about the NHS. I love it.
• We are guests in our patients' lives.
• It boggles my mind that the same people who cry ‘foul’ about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy,…
• Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets,
• It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.
• I think health care is more about love than about most other things. If there isn't at the core of this two human beings who…
• Right now, we are doing it blindly.
• As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people –…
• I have two grandchildren. I want to hand them a planet and community that is really thriving.
• I am worried about the potential effect of casinos on communities.
• The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80% of the total health care bill out there. There…
• The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open.
• We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They…

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