Minnesota employers, health plans and individuals spent $1.9 billion in 2012 for health care that potentially could have been prevented.
So says the state's Department of Health in a first-in-the-nation analysis released today on visits to emergency rooms and hospital admissions and readmissions. Nearly 1.3 million patient visits that year potentially could have prevented, according to the analysis.
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July 23, 2015
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