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Is Health Spending Excessive? If So, What Can We Do About It
Health Affairs, 09/14/09
Aaron HJ et al. – To lower spending without lowering net welfare, it is necessary to identify what procedures are effective at reasonable cost, to develop protocols that enable providers to identify in advance patients in whom expected benefits of treatment are lower than costs, to design incentives that encourage providers to act on those protocols, and to provide research support to maintain the flow of beneficial innovations.
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