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For-profit
Hospitals Tied to Higher Health Costs
By Richard A. Knox, Globe Staff, 08/05/99
When for-profit hospitals dominate a region, total health costs are
higher. "If all Medicare enrollees had lived in areas served by
not-for-profit hospitals, we estimate that Medicare would have saved over
$5 billion in 1995 alone," said Dr. Elaine Silverman.
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