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- Title
Medical spending differences in the United States and Canada: the role of prices, procedures, and administrative expenses.
- Authors
Pozen, Alexis; Cutler, David M
- Abstract
The United States far outspends Canada on health care, but the sources of additional spending are unclear. We evaluated the importance of incomes, administration, and medical interventions in this difference. Pooling various sources, we calculated medical personnel incomes, administrative expenses, and procedure volume and intensity for the United States and Canada. We found that Canada spent $1589 per capita less on physicians and hospitals in 2002. Administration accounted for the largest share of this difference (39%), followed by incomes (31%), and more intensive provision of medical services (14%). Whether this additional spending is wasteful or warranted is unknown.
- Publication
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing, 2010, Vol 47, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
0046-9580
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.124