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Part 4: New Directions: Improved Decision-Making by Patients and Clinicians
Pages 45-47

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... PART IV New Directions: Improved Decisionmaking by Patients and Clinicians
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... This unique experiment has decreased Medicare expenditures largely by rationing primary care services. This new plan's long-term negative effects on quality of care, access of Medicare enrollees to primary care physicians, and career decisions for primary care providers are far more significant than any short-term savings.
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