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The findings contribute "to the discussion concerning whether the economic principles of 'more is better,' diminishing returns, and comparisons to others apply in health care," Gerard F. Anderson and Kalipso Chalkidou, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote in an accompanying editorial.
"When patients are able to access good-quality objective information on the risks and benefits of the various treatment alternatives, they do not necessarily choose more aggressive or more costly interventions. Currently, the United States spends more than twice as much as most other industrialized countries on health-care services, some regions of the United States spend twice as much as other regions of the country, and some institutions or clinicians are twice as expensive as others. In terms of outcomes and satisfaction, the United States may have reached the position of diminishing returns for spending on medical care."
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