Constraining National Health Care Expenditures: Achieving Quality Care at an Affordable CostU.S. General Accounting Office, 1986 - 302 pages |
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... addition , continued delivery of substantial resources to terminally and other seriously ill patients is very costly . However , termination of services which may be of marginal benefit , raises serious legal , ethical , and religious ...
... addition , continued delivery of substantial resources to terminally and other seriously ill patients is very costly . However , termination of services which may be of marginal benefit , raises serious legal , ethical , and religious ...
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... addition , methodologies and data bases used to assess effectiveness are often inconsistent from study to study . Another problem related to the inherent difficulty in performing cost - effectiveness analyses in the health care area ...
... addition , methodologies and data bases used to assess effectiveness are often inconsistent from study to study . Another problem related to the inherent difficulty in performing cost - effectiveness analyses in the health care area ...
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... addition , Britain has only one - fifth the CT scanning capabilities and one - fifth to one - tenth the number of intensive care beds available per capita as the United States.55 Some experts have pointed out that this indicates excess ...
... addition , Britain has only one - fifth the CT scanning capabilities and one - fifth to one - tenth the number of intensive care beds available per capita as the United States.55 Some experts have pointed out that this indicates excess ...
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... addition , it may be easier for some providers to raise prices because of limits on competition.73 Other health care experts believe that increasing the supply of health care resources will not necessarily result in more competition and ...
... addition , it may be easier for some providers to raise prices because of limits on competition.73 Other health care experts believe that increasing the supply of health care resources will not necessarily result in more competition and ...
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... addition to the more expensive nature of medical and surgical procedures.78 However , technological advances in other areas , such as the development of antibiotics and vaccines , offset the costs of treatment - oriented technology ...
... addition to the more expensive nature of medical and surgical procedures.78 However , technological advances in other areas , such as the development of antibiotics and vaccines , offset the costs of treatment - oriented technology ...
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