Comments on: Projected Costs of Chronic Diseases http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/kimberlyswartz/projected-costs-of-chronic-diseases/ Commentary and opinion on cost control as part of health care reform from The Hastings Center Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: The New York Salt Ban – Absurd or smart? – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/kimberlyswartz/projected-costs-of-chronic-diseases/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 The New York Salt Ban – Absurd or smart? – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:16:24 +0000 http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/?p=528#comment-1758 [...] Seventy-six percent of Medicare spending is on patients with five or more chronic diseases [...] [...] Seventy-six percent of Medicare spending is on patients with five or more chronic diseases [...]

]]> By: Proust on Treating Chronic Disease - Health Care Cost Monitor http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/kimberlyswartz/projected-costs-of-chronic-diseases/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Proust on Treating Chronic Disease - Health Care Cost Monitor Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:08 +0000 http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/?p=528#comment-1676 [...] although there was barely a mention of one of the main drivers of those costs: chronic diseases. Seventy-six percent of Medicare spending is on patients with five or more chronic diseases, including heart disease, [...] [...] although there was barely a mention of one of the main drivers of those costs: chronic diseases. Seventy-six percent of Medicare spending is on patients with five or more chronic diseases, including heart disease, [...]

]]> By: Tweets that mention Projected Costs of Chronic Diseases - Health Care Cost Monitor -- Topsy.com http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/kimberlyswartz/projected-costs-of-chronic-diseases/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Tweets that mention Projected Costs of Chronic Diseases - Health Care Cost Monitor -- Topsy.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:02:28 +0000 http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/?p=528#comment-1226 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Hastings Center, Kimi Swartz. Kimi Swartz said: RT @hastingscenter: HealthCareCostMontr: Projected Costs of Chronic Diseases: A.B. Shaw, a British physician, once noted, “Aortic val... http://bit.ly/5uJAnS [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Hastings Center, Kimi Swartz. Kimi Swartz said: RT @hastingscenter: HealthCareCostMontr: Projected Costs of Chronic Diseases: A.B. Shaw, a British physician, once noted, “Aortic val… http://bit.ly/5uJAnS [...]

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