Expensive Health Care Isn’t Always Best
When it comes to health care, higher costs don’t always
mean better care. That’s according to a report published this week by Consumer
Reports.
Independent investigators compared quality and cost for
18 primary care groups in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. They found that one of
the groups with the lowest costs rated highest for quality of care.
The analysis shows that the old saying "You get what
you pay for" doesn’t always apply to health care, says John Santa, MD, who
directs the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center.
“There were high-quality groups with lower costs and
lower-quality groups with high costs,” Santa says.
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