Higher medication spending doesn't indicate better prescribing quality, study finds

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

Medicare patients in regions that spend the most on prescription medications are not necessarily getting better quality care, according to a new study of spending practices. The findings reveal great variation across the country in both drug spending and the rate of inappropriate prescriptions for the elderly.

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