Spending variation – Healthy Skeptic

May 11 2012

NPR.org

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The Medicare data can pinpoint differences between hospitals wherever they might be — across the country from one another or right next door. If Medicare’s calculations are right, there may be a little bit of McAllen in a lot of places.

Apr 25 2012

Fiscal Times

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$182,000 to Remove an Appendix. The prices ranged from $1,529 to $182,955 with the median hospital charge of $33,611, the study showed.

Mar 15 2012

NationalJournal.com

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Health care reform may be coming to the whole country, but our health care system is still very local.

Jan 13 2012

NPR.org

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In 2009, just 1 percent of the non-institutionalized population accounted for 21.8 percent of all U.S. health spending. And just 5 percent accounted for half the total spending.

Feb 25 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Dartmouth Atlas Finds Vast Regional Differences in Medicare-Backed Elective Surgery Rates

Jan 17 2011

CDC

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

CDC: Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States

Jan 07 2011

MedPac

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MedPac: Measuring Regional Variation in Service Use

Jan 07 2011

Wall Street Journal

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In general, there are still substantial regional differences in the amount of services used by similar patients. But there’s less variation than you see when you look just at spending.

Dec 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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While many investigative efforts have unequivocally shown that healthcare spending variation exists across geographic regions in the U.S., the causation and effects of this variation have remained at the forefront of healthcare research

Nov 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Two surveys out today attempt to bring some clarity to how costs stack up, both between different countries and among U.S. providers that might be just a few blocks apart.

Nov 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The Dartmouth team’s report, entitled shows the wide, and hard to explain, variation across the country in care provided in the last month or two weeks of a patients life.

Nov 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Surprising Variations in End-of-Life Care

Jan 28 2010

Health Affairs

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Health Affairs: Study suggest that utilization—not local price differences—drives Medicare regional payment variations, along with medical education and care for the poor

Dec 03 2009

MedPac Analysis Finds Less Geographic Spending Variation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

One of the supposed sources for cost reduction is eliminating inappropriate geographic variation in medical care; variation that is unassociated with better outcomes. A MedPac report suggests variation, while significant, may be less of an issue than other analyses have found.

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