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. 2010 Sep;7(5):A95.
Epub 2010 Aug 15.

Understanding the production of population health and the role of paying for population health

John Mullahy  1
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Understanding the production of population health and the role of paying for population health

John Mullahy. Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

This article considers 2 related themes that address population health outcomes and the contributions to those outcomes by time, place, individual behaviors and choices, and activities of various social sectors. First, what does it mean to "produce" population health, and how can the production of health be understood empirically? Second, through what processes can incentives be modified to improve population health? Among the issues that arise are understanding the mechanisms through which paying for population health works and how the health-producing incentives materialize in various sectors, especially those whose primary functions are not generally viewed as fostering better population health.

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