Variations in how care is provided must be reduced

Highest

Lowest

22.9

22

20.9

20.7

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.1

5.2

0

5

10

15

20

25

Newark, NJ

Manhattan

Bronx, NY

Paterson, NJ

San Francisco

Albuquerque, NM

Phoenix, AZ

Denver, CO

Salt Lake City, UT

Source: AHA’s Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, 1998.

Number of Hospital Medicare Days During Last Six Months

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