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Increased health care spending not associated with better outcomes
While there was a larger variation in health care expenditures among individual physicians than hospitals, higher physician spending was not associated with better outcomes of hospitalized patients, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers suggest that a reduction in wasteful spending may be more achievable with policies focusing on both physicians and hospitals rather than hospitals alone. “While the substantial variation in health care spending across regions and hospitals is well known, key clinical decisions are ultimately made by physicians,” Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD, of the (Read more...)