UCLA Center for Maximizing Outcomes
Though there are many disparate voices in the current national
health care debate, no one can dispute the need to address the
escalating costs of medicine. The United States spends more on health
care than any other country in the world, yet our actual health outcomes
have fallen behind those of many less wealthy nations. A successful
future for health care in America will require careful and thoughtful
analysis of the methodologies we apply to diagnosis and treatment, with
an eye toward simultaneously reducing costs and improving results.
The mission of C-MORE is to improve patient and community outcomes
and reduce health care costs in the United States by comparing different
treatments and interventions using state-of-the-science evaluation
methods. To this end, C-MORE will employ the knowledge and experience of
academic leaders and health care providers, combined with extensive
input from patient communities in the Los Angeles area.
Our process will entail identifying the efficiency, estimating the
expense, and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of different diagnostic
and treatment options and facilitating the adoption of the best options
by health care providers and organizations in clinical practice.
Participating faculty from the UCLA Department of Medicine, UCLA
Schools of Nursing and Public Health, Charles R. Drew University of
Medicine and Science, and the RAND Health program will bring to bear
extensive expertise in the following areas:
By identifying the treatments that reduce health care costs and
produce the best outcomes (cost-effective health care), C-MORE will
provide U.S. policymakers with the information and evidence they need to
promote equity, accessibility, and quality of care.
