Increased Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services: What are the Causes?

In light of rising expenditures for physicians' services and the scheduled decreases in the amounts Medicare pays for such services, we identified the sources of change in the volume and intensity of Medicare physicians' services. We found that the per capita volume and intensity of physic...

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Main Authors: Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Jose J. Escarcé, Dana Goldman, Hongjun Kan, Miriam J. Laugesen, Paul Shekelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2004-02-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.1.83