Drivers of Health Care Costs - PMC

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. 2013 Jan-Feb;110(1):30–34. For many years and in countless articles, physicians have been the scapegoat for rising health care costs in the United States. In fact, they have been blamed by many critics for the United States leading the world in health care expenditures. A close examination of the data indicates that this blame is misplaced – that delving into key components in health care spending reveals something else. While there is general disagreement among the so-called experts as to the degree of impact of each component, almost everyone seems to agree that new technology – not…

Drivers of Health Care Costs - PMC

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