Open AccessVariation in Physician Spending and Association With Patient Outcomes
Author(s) -
Yusuke Tsugawa,
Ashish K. Jha,
Joseph P. Newhouse,
Alan M. Zaslavsky,
Anupam B. Jena
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0059
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , health care , emergency medicine , medline , retrospective cohort study , political science , law , economics , economic growth
While the substantial variation in health care spending across regions and hospitals is well known, key clinical decisions are ultimately made by physicians. However, the degree to which spending varies across physicians and the clinical consequences of that variation are unknown.
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