Focus On Preventive Services Might Not Save Money, Tufts Researcher Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
New policies to increase the use of preventive services may lead to health benefits, but are not likely to produce cost savings, according to Peter Neumann, director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center
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