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Interview with Dr. Joseph Newhouse on the importance of differences in Medicare spending within hospital referral regions. (07:07)Download An IOM committee report on geographic variation in Medicare spending and the advisability of value-adjusted payments shows that most of the variation is due to the use of post–acute-care and inpatient services and that provider behavior varies substantially within areas.
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