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Report: Minnesotans spent nearly $2 billion on preventable health care

on Thu, 2015-07-23 00:00   marcos

Minnesota employers, health plans and individuals spent $1.9 billion in 2012 for health care that potentially could have been prevented.

So says the state's Department of Health in a first-in-the-nation analysis released today on visits to emergency rooms and hospital admissions and readmissions. Nearly 1.3 million patient visits that year potentially could have prevented, according to the analysis.

Story Date: 
July 23, 2015
News Author: 
John Lundy
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Source URL: https://archive.thepcc.org/2015/07/23/report-minnesotans-spent-nearly-2-billion-preventable-health-care

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