Spending and health outcomes Despite these variations in health expenditures, health outcomes do not appear to differ between high expenditure and low expenditure regions: Similar self-reported health status and mortality rates between high-expenditure regions and low- expenditure ones Is this evidence of wasteful medical spending? Maybe:we consider the case of Miami La Crosse next Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomics Bhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Spending and health outcomes  Despite these variations in health expenditures, health outcomes do not appear to differ between high expenditure and low expenditure regions:  Similar self-reported health status and mortality rates between high-expenditure regions and low￾expenditure ones  Is this evidence of wasteful medical spending?  Maybe: we consider the case of Miami & La Crosse next