Eggleston, Karen N.; Shah, Nilay D.; Smith, Steven A.; … - In: American Economic Review 101 (2011) 3, pp. 206-11
Although US health care expenditures reached 17.6 percent of GDP in 2009, quality measurement in this important service sector remains limited. Studying quality changes associated with 11 years of health care for patients with diabetes, we find that the value of reduced mortality and avoided...
