The Iron Triangle of Healthcare: Cost, Quality, and Access
Every healthcare system faces the same difficult question: how can it provide high-quality medical care to as many people as possible without allowing costs to become unaffordable? Governments, hospitals, insurers, employers, and patients may agree that healthcare should be accessible, effective, and reasonably priced. The challenge begins when they must decide how limited money, staff, facilities, medicines, and technology should be distributed. The iron triangle of healthcare is a framework

