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Time in the hospital, more invasive operations than patients in other parts of the country even though the patients in miami weren't any sicker than their neighbors. but so what, right? we want more specialists. we want more procedures. we want more tests. or at least we think we do. and that's the problem. because what we think is best for us often isn't. what the dartmouth group discovered is that the patients in the most costly regions where medicare spent more money on patients, those patients did not have better health outcomes and, in fact, they were more likely to die. >> if you look at...

What the dartmouth group discovered is that the patients in the most costly regions where medicare spent more money on patients, those patients did not have better health outcomes, and, in fact, they were more likely to die. >> if you look at health care in america, you're twice as likely to get your knee replaced as you are in western countries with the same standard of living. you're two or three times as likely to get a heart catheterization or have a stent in your coronaries. we've set up a system that often pushes physicians and hospitals in the entire health care system into doing more. ...

Medicare spent more money on patients, those patients did not have better health outcomes, and, in fact, they were more likely to die. >> if you look at health care in america, you're twice as likely to get your knee replaced as you are in western countries with the same standard of living. you're two or three times as likely to get a heart catheterization or have a stent in your coronaries. we've set up a system that often pushes physicians and hospitals in the entire health care system into doing more. driven by these perverse economic incentives, we are doing a lot of procedures to people t...

Have better health outcomes, and, in fact, they were more likely to die. >> if you look at health care in america, you're twice as likely to get your knee replaced as you are in western countries with the same standard of living. you're two or three times as likely to get a heart catheterization or have a stent in your coronaries. we've set up a system that often pushes physicians and hospitals in the entire health care system into doing more. driven by these perverse economic incentives, we are doing a lot of procedures to people that they don't need. to a man with a hammer, everything looks ...

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