Decoding the medical cost mystery
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 10:01
in Health & Medicine
In Miami, health care providers spent about $14,423 per Medicare patient in 2010. But in Minneapolis, average spending on Medicare enrollees that year was $7,819, just over half as much. In fact, the U.S. is filled with regional disparities in medical spending. Why is this? One explanation focuses on providers: In some regions, they may […]