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Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States
Commission on a High Performance Health System. Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States. New York, New York: The Commonwealth Fund; August 2006.

This consensus statement describes the most critical sources of the US health care system's current failures and outlines a vision of a uniquely American, high performance health system. While acknowledging that the US provides some of the best medical care in the world, the Commission maintains that overall, the nation fails to achieve adequate value for the resources it devotes to health care.

 

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