A Federal Reserve Board of Governors working paper circulating in D.C. is not what it seems. It is an apparent takedown of decades of Dartmouth research on geographic variation in health spending. It turns out that its dubious conclusions are due to a single methodological choice. You don’t want to miss my explanation in my latest AcademyHealth post, do you?
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by Richard on January 31st, 2013 at 12:37
It reminds of the embarrassing Krugman post comparing Texas and Wisconsin public education.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/longhorns-17-badgers-1.html
It turns out, for an individual, it’s better to be in Texas, despite the State level data. Oops! Forgot to consider demographics.