High Prices Are Not the Only Reason Americans Spend So Much More On Healthcare than Europeans
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaHigh drug prices as well as the excessive use of imaging and surgical procedures, and excessive administrative burdens contribute the majority to America’s health care overspending compared to Europe, argues policy expert Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, chair of the department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in an editorial in this week’s JAMA.