In one study, researchers found that Medicare beneficiaries had a higher average number of diagnoses when they moved to certain regions.
The other study found that adjusted Medicare spending per beneficiary was 33 percent higher in the highest-spending region than in the lowest-spending region of the country.
Read the New England Journal of Medicine‘s studies on healthcare spending and diagnostic practices.
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