Waste in the Medicare Program: a National Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 Low-Value Service Use and Spending
J Gen Intern Med
.
2021 Aug;36(8):2478-2482.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06061-0.
Epub 2020 Jul 29.
Authors
Rachel O Reid
1
2
3
,
John N Mafi
4
5
,
Lesley H Baseman
6
,
A Mark Fendrick
7
8
,
Cheryl L Damberg
5
Affiliations
1
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA, USA. rreid@rand.org.
2
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. rreid@rand.org.
3
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. rreid@rand.org.
4
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
5
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
6
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA, USA.
7
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
8
Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
PMID:
32728953
PMCID:
PMC8342744
DOI:
10.1007/s11606-020-06061-0
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
Accountable Care Organizations*
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fee-for-Service Plans
Health Expenditures
Humans
Medicare*
United States
Grants and funding
U19 HS024067/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States
KL2 TR001882/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
R01 AG059815/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States