Big variations in efficiency and procedure costs between hospitals: report

By Dan Harrison
Updated April 30 2015 - 1:18am, first published 1:00am
The cost of some hospital procedures varies significantly, depending on which state you are in. Photo: Glenn Hunt
The cost of some hospital procedures varies significantly, depending on which state you are in. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Some public hospitals spend between two and three times as much as others to perform procedures such as appendix removals, knee replacements and births, according to a new report which suggests wide variation in efficiency between hospitals across the nation.

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