Becker's Hospital Review:
Week in review: 10 biggest healthcare stories this week
18 December 2015
3. New data shows experts were wrong about where healthcare costs less
Researchers analyzed the real prices hospitals negotiate with private insurers and found places that spend less on Medicare do not necessarily spend less on healthcare overall. The new ''Big Data'' project from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics shows that the prices hospitals negotiate with private health insurers vary significantly within and across geographic regions in the U.S.
This article was published online by the Becker's Hospital Review on December 18, 2015
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Related publications
'The Price Ain't Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured', Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1395, December 2015
Related links
Zack Cooper webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Growth Programme webpage