The estimated cost of waste in the United States health care system ranged from $760 billion to $935 billion annually, or about 25% of total health care spending, according to an analysis published in JAMA.
Researchers said waste reduction interventions ranged from a minimum of between $191 billion to and $282 billion annually.
In their analysis, the researchers reviewed 71 estimates from 54 different sources in the literature. A breakdown of the waste and savings from interventions that researchers found included:
William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS, study co-author and chief (Read more...)
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