Unreliability of the American Health Planning Association's Savings Estimate for the Health Planning Program

In early 1979, the American Health Planning Association, a national organization representing areawide and State health planning agencies established under the 1974 National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, completed a survey of the impact of the health planning program. The Association reported that planning agencies had disapproved or discouraged proposed capital investment projects totaling $3.4 billion between August 1976 and August 1978 and that disapproval of these projects would save at least another $10 billion in related operating costs during the 1980's.