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Low-cost, high-volume health services contribute the most to unnecessary health spending

Health Affairs, ISSN: 1544-5208, Vol: 36, Issue: 10, Page: 1701-1704
2017
  • 118
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 123
    Captures
  • 42
    Mentions
  • 30
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    118
    • Citation Indexes
      102
    • Policy Citations
      16
      • Policy Citation
        16
  • Captures
    123
  • Mentions
    42
    • News Mentions
      30
      • News
        30
    • Blog Mentions
      12
      • Blog
        12
  • Social Media
    30
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      30
      • Facebook
        30

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An analysis of data for 2014 about forty-four low-value health services in the Virginia All Payer Claims Database revealed more than $586 million in unnecessary costs. Among these low-value services, those that were low and very low cost ($538 or less per service) were delivered far more frequently than services that were high and very high cost ($539 or more). The combined costs of the former group were nearly twice those of the latter (65 percent versus 35 percent).

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