| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Take a couple of examples of procedures that are not very technology-intensive and compare our costs with international peers, ie US vs. Western Europe and Canada (data from IFHP) ??? In-patient appendectomy: Medicare $10k, US private $12-26k, C&WE $2.5-3k; Hip replacement: Medicare $17.5k, US private $32k-68k, C&WE $8-10k.
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