Building evidence-based interventions to avert disease and reduce health care spending
In early November, along with more than 20 concerned Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) partners, Dr. Ken Thorpe sent a letter and an in-depth analysis to the leaders of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The analysis describes in detail sources of potential savings – more than $240 billion to Medicare alone – that could result from implementing evidence-based delivery system reforms.
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Building evidence-based interventions to avert disease and reduce health care spending
Letter
