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Other authors / contributors: | Newhouse, Joseph P., editor.
Garber, Alan M., editor.
Graham, Robin P., editor.
McCoy, Margaret A., editor.
Mancher, Michelle, editor.
Kibria, Ashna, editor.
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ISBN: | 9780309288705 0309288703 9780309288699 030928869X 9780309289597
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF home title page (National Academies Press, viewed October 7, 2013).
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Summary: | "Variation in Health Care Spending investigates geographic variation in health care spending and quality for Medicare beneficiaries as well as other populations, and analyzes Medicare payment policies that could encourage high-value care. This report concludes that regional differences in Medicare and commercial health care spending and use are real and persist over time. Furthermore, there is much variation within geographic areas, no matter how broadly or narrowly these areas are defined. The report recommends against adoption of a geographically based value index for Medicare payments, because the majority of health care decisions are made at the provider or health care organization level, not by geographic units. Rather, to promote high value services from all providers, Medicare and Medicaid Services should continue to test payment reforms that offer incentives to providers to share clinical data, coordinate patient care, and assume some financial risk for the care of their patients."--Publisher's description.
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Other form: | Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care. Variation in health care spending. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2013] 9780309288699
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