A new report released by Massachusetts Health Policy Commission estimates that between 21 percent and 39 percent of the states health care spending – between $14.7 billion and $26.9 billion in 2012 – is wasteful. The report identifies a number of factors that contribute to the waste, with the biggest ones being unnecessary hospital re-admissions, unnecessary visits to the emergency room and hospital infections.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:00:01 +0000
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