Fact Based List:
Jonathan D. Rockoff's Top 5 Unnecessary Healthcare Costs
Submitted by Kevin Gemulla on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 13:42
- Prescribing a brand-name cholesterol-lowering drug without trying a less-expensive generic first. (Results in $5.8 billion in excess healthcare spending)
- Non-recommended health-care spending after analyzing surveys of patient visits to certain primary care doctors' offices and hospital outpatient departments. (Totaled $6.76 billion in 2009)
- Bone density scans for women ages 40 to 64 years. (Total cost: $527.4 million)
- Ordering CT Scans or MRI's for lower back pain. (Total cost: $175.4 million)
- Prescribing antibiotics to children with sore throats caused by a virus. (Total cost: $116.3 million)
Source: Top 5 Unnecessary Health-care costs, Wall Street Journal
Source URL: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/10/04/top-5-unnecessary-hea...
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