A frequent criticism of the
U.S. health care system is that it is wasteful because a considerable number of
procedures are unnecessary. For example, Dr. Robert Brook of the Rand
Corporation maintains that perhaps one-fourth of hospital days and two-fifths
of medications could be done without.
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One
source of evidence for unnecessary medical care is a series of studies that show
wide variations in the rate of treatment among different U.S. communities, with
no apparent justification. Another major study of unnecessary medical
procedures, conducted by the Rand Corporation, concluded that 40 percent of medical
procedures were inappropriate or questionable.
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