National Health Expenditures (1999)
Author: Cathy A. Cowan
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Published: 2001-12-01
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9780756718459
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents historical health spending in the U.S. using a matrix structure to describe trends in the size, growth, and distribution of health care expenditures for the period 1960-1999. This matrix represents spending in current dollars by type of service, such as hospital care and physician and clinical services, matched against the sources that pay for the health care bill, including private health insurance, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The statistics that are shown on the matrix provide a historical basis for policymakers, researchers, and the public to understand the trends in spending for the health industry and to lay a foundation for projections of health care spending.