June 01, 2006
The Gap
Arnold Kling has a hypothesis as to why the U.S. lags behind other countries in health care per dollar spent. The Health Care Cost-Effectiveness Gap as it can be called.
"Perhaps the problem with the U.S. health care system is with the way that medicine is practiced. We favor expensive diagnostic procedures, specialist care, and surgeries, where costs are high and benefits tend to be low."
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Posted by David Porter at 09:46 AM
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Category: Health Care Costs; Health Disparities; Health Inequities
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