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Interim Report of the Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care Preliminary Committee Observations (2013) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Statement of Task
Pages 39-39

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... The committee will commission relevant new analyses and will evaluate and review factors such as  variation in areas of different sizes;  input prices, health status, practice patterns, access to medical services, supply of medical services, socioeconomic factors (including race, ethnicity, gender, age, income and educational status) , and provider and payment organizations;  patient access to care, insurance status, distribution of health care resources, health care outcomes, and quality;  physician discretion consistent with or different from best evidence;  patient preferences and compliance;  empirical evidence for variation;  insurance status prior to Medicare enrollment, dual eligibility, fee-for-service, Parts C and D Medicare; and  other factors deemed appropriate.
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