title: Geographic variation in Medicare spending and the real focus of Medicare reform.
authors.affiliation: Committee on Finance, United States Senate, USA.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baucus
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004465:Economic Competition; D005607:Fraud; D005843:Geography; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States