US health care costs: The crushing burden
| Autor: | Helen Darling |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Actuarial science
Medicaid business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Health Care Costs Medicare Health outcomes United States Europe Patient Satisfaction Prescription costs Cost driver Health care Quality (business) Physician satisfaction Health Expenditures business health care economics and organizations Quality of Health Care media_common |
| Zdroj: | Information Knowledge Systems Management. 8:87-104 |
| ISSN: | 1389-1995 |
| DOI: | 10.3233/iks-2009-0137 |
| Popis: | This chapter provides an overview of health care costs in the United States, including trends, sources and uses of funds, employers' role, and factors driving costs. It also reviews what analysts believe are cost drivers especially compared to other countries that have significantly lower health care costs and, often, better health outcomes. Within the US, there are also important differences by geography, further demonstrating that higher US costs do not reflect higher quality and greater patient and physician satisfaction. In fact, the opposite is often the case. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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