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US health care expenditures are 50% higher than the OECD average, highlighting the need for alternative financing models and rigorous technology assessment to contain critical care costs.
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This editorial highlights the complexities of critical care costs in the US, suggesting that alternative health care financing models and better use of information technology, rather than just limiting life-support technologies, are needed to contain costs.
Adhikari et al. (2003) conducted an editorial in Critical care costs. US health care expenditures are 50% higher than the OECD average, highlighting the need for alternative financing models and rigorous technology assessment to contain critical care costs.
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