Cutting the Cost of Health Care: The Physician's Role

The ever-increasing cost of health care is reason for every American to be concerned. In 2008, for example, healthcare expenditures in the United States reached 2.4 trillion,2 accounting for 16% of gross domestic product.3 By 2013, these expenditures had risen to almost trillion annually, 17.4% of gross domestic product.4 Worse still is the amount of wasteful spending in health care. A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research...