Public health and the economy could be served by reallocating medical expenditures to social programs

As much as 30% of US health care spending in the United States does not improve individual or population health. To a large extent this excess spending results from prices that are too high and from administrative waste. In the public sector, and particularly at the state level, where budget constra...

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Main Authors: Linda Diem Tran, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Jonathan E. Fielding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316300970