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

• Main Authors: Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin (Author), Jose J. Escarcé (Author), Dana Goldman (Author), Hongjun Kan (Author), Miriam J. Laugesen (Author), Paul Shekelle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...