ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Value based health care

Okay kiddo, do you know what healthcare is? It's when you go to the doctor or hospital when you're not feeling well, and they help you get better. Now, do you know what value means? It's like how good something is compared to how much it costs. So when we talk about value-based healthcare, we mean making sure you get the best care possible without paying too much.

Doctors and hospitals have many ways of treating patients, but not all of these ways are the best in terms of both effectiveness and cost. Value-based healthcare means that doctors and hospitals work together to figure out which treatments work best for certain conditions and which ones don't work as well. Then they choose the treatments that work best and cost the least. This way patients get the best care possible and don't have to pay an arm and a leg for it!

Value-based healthcare also focuses on keeping people healthy, not just treating them when they're sick. So doctors and hospitals try to help people stay healthy by encouraging them to exercise, eat healthy foods, and get regular check-ups. This helps people avoid getting sick in the first place, which is a lot better than trying to fix things after they go wrong.

In short, value-based healthcare means getting the best care possible for the least amount of money, and keeping people healthy so they don't need as much care in the first place. Pretty cool, huh?