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This article provides findings from a survey of fraud and error loss measurement exercises in the health-care sector in six countries, which show the rates and frequency of fraud losses. The article argues that in a period of financial retrenchment cost savings are seen as important and necessary, but the issue of fraud is often downplayed or ignored as a means to meet some of these reductions. The authors show how significant fraud losses can be in health-care systems, but also how they can be reduced by the appropriate counter fraud strategy, offering a less painful means to cut budgets.
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Brooks, G., Button, M. & Gee, J. The scale of health-care fraud: A global evaluation. Secur J 25, 76–87 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2011.7
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