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Reduce wasteful health spending with predictive analytics

Health care spending has skyrocketed as of late, but there might be a solution to curb costs.

By Dr. Prashant Srivastava | Updated on July 06, 2016
Health care spending has skyrocketed as of late, but there might be a solution to curb costs. (Photo: iStock)

The United States spends more on health care than do 13 other high-income countries, according to The Commonwealth Fund’s “U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective” report.

It is estimated that nearly 20 percent of that spend goes to waste, including overtreatment, lack of care coordination, and fraud.[1]

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