Variation in Health Care Spending : Target Decision Making, Not Geography.

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abstract -- Summary -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Empirical Analysis of Geographic Variation -- 3 Indexing Value in Medicare: The Role of Geographic Area Performance -- 4 Payment and Organizational Reforms to Improve Value -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix C: Summary of Empirical Modeling Methodology -- Appendix D: Regression Model Specifications with "Clusters" of Predictors -- Appendix E: Harvard University Price Adjustment Memorandums -- Appendix F: Harvard Market Variables Memorandum -- Appendix G: Selected Results of the Committee's Commissioned Empirical Analyses -- Appendix H: Public Workshop Agendas -- Appendix I: Committee Biographies.

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