Does More Health Care Spending Produce Better Health and Happier Doctors?
Authors: Robert A. Berenson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2006)

Editorials2 May 2006Does More Health Care Spending Produce Better Health and Happier Doctors?Robert A. Berenson, MDRobert A. Berenson, MDFom Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-144-9-200605020-00015 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Over 3 decades, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School's Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, headed by Dr. John Wennberg, have produced a remarkable series of studies challenging the assumption that the more we spend on health care, the better health we get. They found more than a 2-fold difference in Medicare per capita spending across U.S. regions, particularly for patients with end-stage, chronic illnesses. Furthermore, per capita spending in a region is strongly correlated with the region's supply of physicians and hospital beds (1). 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[PMID: 15998752] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Fom Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037.Disclosures: Grants received: (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation).Corresponding Author: Robert A. Berenson, MD, Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037; e-mail, [email protected]urban.org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRegional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physician Perceptions of Quality of Care Brenda E. Sirovich , Daniel J. Gottlieb , H. Gilbert Welch , and Elliott S. Fisher Regional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physicians' Perceptions of Care Quality John C. Peirce Metrics Cited ByOveruse of mammography during the first round of an organized breast cancer screening programmeGesundheitsökonomie aus der Sicht des ArztesRegional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physicians' Perceptions of Care QualityJohn C. Peirce, MD, MA, MS 2 May 2006Volume 144, Issue 9Page: 694-696KeywordsHealth careHealth care policyHealth care providersHealth care qualityHealth insuranceMedical servicesMedicarePatientsResearch reporting guidelinesRivers ePublished: 2 May 2006 Issue Published: 2 May 2006 CopyrightCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...