Following up on similar research, an article delves into the relationship between hospital costs and quality, finding inconsistent associations between high cost and better quality. It does not appear that low-cost hospitals have higher readmission rates and greater downstream costs.
The Centers for Disease Control issues a massive compendium of health facts and information called Health United States 2009. In addition to basic information regarding health care, it has some description and analysis of particular issues such as use of medical technology.
The recommended schedule for mammography screenings to detect breast cancer is examined in a Cochrane report, which finds that the current recommendation probably leads to overdiagnosis and treatment and the women are not being properly presented with the overall risks and benefits.