Friday, December 6, 2013

How Regulation Makes Health Care Cost More

This is from a Health Affairs study of nurse practitioner-run retail clinics in 27 states: Compared to settings such as physician offices, urgent care clinics, and emergency departments with a per episode average cost of $704, retail clinics had a cost of $543 with no NP independence; $484 when NPs can practice independently; and $509 […]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/how-regulation-makes-health-care-cost-more/

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