Medicare spending varies more than twofold among regions, and the variations persist even
after differences in health are corrected for. Higher levels of Medicare spending are due …

Background: The health implications of regional differences in Medicare spending are
unknown. Objective: To determine whether regions with higher Medicare spending provide …

The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE april 18, 2013 n engl j med 368; 16 nejm. org
april 18, 2013 1465 and other health care providers. In particular, the committee was asked …

Background Although geographic differences in Medicare spending are widely considered
to be evidence of program inefficiency, policymakers need to understand how differences in …

Background: The health implications of regional differences in Medicare spending are
unknown. Objective: To determine whether regions with higher Medicare spending achieve …

Per capita Medicare spending is more than twice as high in New York City and Miami than in
places like Salem, Oregon. How much of these differences can be explained by Medicare's …

The quality of care received by Medicare beneficiaries varies across areas. We find that
states with higher Medicare spending have lower-quality care. This negative relationship …

Geographic variation in per-beneficiary Medicare spending that cannot be explained by
wages and the prices of other inputs to health care or by demographic and health …

Prologue: The primary role that private physicians have played in the design of government
efforts to moderate the cost of medical care has been to take exception to the public …

The US health care system is broken. Overall life expectancy has improved, but the burden
of chronic illness is increasing, and racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality are …