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[Agency] AHRQ [Project Title] COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES AND MEDICARE COST GROWTH [Institution] UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA [Amount] $0 [Summary] Health care cost increases present a substantial challenge to the future fiscal stability of the Medicare program, and new health care technology is the leading cause of health care cost increases. This project will examine in detail how new technology increases health care costs, and it will investigate how cost growth due to new technology is influenced by conditions in local health care markets as well as Medicare's coverage policies. [Completion/ Closing Date] 08/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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