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dc.contributor.authorPozen, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorCutler, David M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-08T21:03:39Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationPozen, Alexis and David M. Cutler. 2010. Medical spending differences in the United States and Canada: The role of prices, procedures, and administrative expenses. Inquiry 47(2): 124-134.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-174Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1502-3923en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5343032
dc.description.abstractThe United States far outspends Canada on health care, but the sources of additional spending are unclear. We evaluated the importance of incomes, administration, and medical interventions in this difference. Pooling various sources, we calculated medical personnel incomes, administrative expenses, and procedure volume and intensity for the United States and Canada. We found that Canada spent $1,589 per capita less on physicians and hospitals in 2002. Administration accounted for the largest share of this difference (39%), followed by incomes (31%), and more intensive provision of medical services (14%). Whether this additional spending is wasteful or warranted is unknown.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomicsen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.124en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20812461en_US
dash.licenseOAP
dc.titleMedical Spending Differences in the United States and Canada: The Role of Prices, Procedures, and Administrative Expensesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscripten_US
dc.relation.journalInquiryen_US
dash.depositing.authorCutler, David M.
dc.date.available2011-11-08T21:03:39Z
dc.identifier.doi10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.124*
dash.contributor.affiliatedCutler, David


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