title: Comparing approaches to controlling medicare spending.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Lena M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Department of Health Management & Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Birkmeyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003363:Cost Control; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States