Higher Medicare Spending Yields Mixed Bag For Patients

Many recent studies have found that Medicare spending across the country varies greatly. But despite these spending differences, aggregate health outcomes tend to be the same no matter which region a person lives in. Because of this, some policy makers have determined that there is no value to the excess costs in high-spending areas.A new study that focuses on colorectal cancer as a model suggests this is not correct.

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Filed under: Colorectal Cancer on January 9th, 2008