The Utilization and Costs of Grade D USPSTF Services in Medicare, 2007-2016.

Carlos Irwin A OronceA Mark FendrickJoseph A LadapoCatherine SarkisianJohn N Mafi

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2021)

US Medicare beneficiaries frequently received a group of rigorously defined and costly low-value preventive services. Spending on low-value preventive care concentrated among a small subset of measures, representing important opportunities to safely lower US health care spending while improving the quality of care.

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