Fast
Stats 
2.7
Percentage of the estimated 10 million surgeries performed annually
in the United States with nonsterilized endoscopes that cause infections,
according to the National Exposure Research Laboratory.
8.7
Billions of dollars of the $12.6 billion that contractors collected
in Medicare overpayments in fiscal year 1999, according to the U.S.
General Accounting Office.
13
Number of fines up to $25,000 each levied against California hospitals
from August 1999 to May 2000 for not using safety needles, according
to the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
44
Percentage of contract costs reduced when hospitals hire a group purchasing
organization, according to Arizona State University College of Business.
48
Percent reduction in Medicare home healthcare spending since passage
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, according to the General Accounting
Office.
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