Abstract
In this Sounding Board article, the authors argue that health care costs can be reduced without a negative effect on quality by reducing spending on interventions that are not cost-effective.
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MedicineHealth care reformPublic economicsIntensive care medicineHealth policyNursingPublic healthEconomics
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- 2010
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 362
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 460-465
- Citations
- 248
- Access
- Closed
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Milton C. Weinstein,
Jonathan A. Skinner
(2010).
Comparative Effectiveness and Health Care Spending — Implications for Reform.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 362
(5)
, 460-465.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsb0911104
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- DOI
- 10.1056/nejmsb0911104