Sabermetrics is a term that some deep geeking, baseball stat freaks use. It involves the study of some types of statistics that are different than the traditional batting average, earned run average etc. The proponents of sabermetrics have come to some conclusions that have changed the game.
Billy Beane has had a good degree of success as the G.M. of the Oakland A’s using sabermetric evaluations. Now, he has teamed with Newt Gingrich and John Kerry on this interesting N.Y. Times op-ed about why we should use a sabermetric type of approach to evaluate health care.
America’s health care system behaves like a hidebound, tradition-based ball club that chases after aging sluggers and plays by the old rules: we pay too much and get too little in return. To deliver better health care, we should learn from the successful teams that have adopted baseball’s new evidence-based methods. The best way to start improving quality and lowering costs is to study the stats.
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