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Health Care for Georgia's Prisoners Largely Cheaper Than Private Sector, Study Finds
June 16, 2008
AUGUSTA, Ga., June 16 -- The Medical College of Georgia issued the following news release:

The state of Georgia spends 3.5 percent less per month providing health care to an inmate than large employers in the state spend on an employee, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Outpatient services are provided to inmates at 25 percent of the cost of the commercial population and the cost of a day in the hospital is 13 percent lower, according to key findings b . . .

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