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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 6;362(5):460–465. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb0911104

Figure 2. Expenditures and Health Outcomes According to Various Production Functions.

Figure 2

Shown is the relationship between expenditures and outcomes among various providers (circles) in managing a hypothetical condition. The blue circles represent providers who use a comparatively cost-effective mix of interventions for this condition, albeit at different levels of intensity (expenditure), and the green circles represent providers who use a less cost-effective mix of services. The curves F1 and F2 show the associations between expenditures and outcomes among providers who practice more (F1) or less (F2) cost-effective medicine.