The global ubiquity of overuse and underuse of health-care resources and the gravity of
resulting harms necessitate an investigation of drivers to inform potential solutions. We …

Advancements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer have contributed to
improved survival, better quality of life, and declining death rates in the United States. With …

We use insurance claims data covering 28% of individuals with employer-sponsored health
insurance in the United States to study the variation in health spending on the privately …

Background: Common diseases, particularly dementia, have large social costs for the US
population. However, less is known about the end-of-life costs of specific diseases and the …

Importance The Choosing Wisely campaign consists of more than 70 lists produced by
specialty societies of medical practices or procedures of minimal clinical benefit to patients …

Cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the United States,
and cesarean rates are increasing. Working with 2009 data from 593 US hospitals …

Context: A small proportion of patients with serious illness or multiple chronic conditions
account for the majority of health care spending. Despite the high cost, evidence …

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) causes significant morbidity and mortality globally; however,
recent national trends have not been described. Incidence and trends for CM-associated …

Abstract In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates,
yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other …

On September 22, 1993, President Clinton delivered an address to the nation that set the
stage for the upcoming health care reform debate that will quite likely receive priority in the …