We have all heard it before: despite the United States’ excessive health care spending—almost 2.5 times higher per capita than in comparable countries—health outcomes are no better here than in other countries. Even worse, in 2011, the Institute of Medicine estimated that 31 percent of our health care spending, or $750 billion per year, is for wasteful services. In 2011, Donald M. Berwick and Andrew D. Hackbarth calculated a slightly higher proportion– 34 percent.
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May 29, 2019
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