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U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context
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Using the most recent data on health spending published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), this work explores reasons why U.S. health spending towers over that of other countries with much older populations and examines the economic burden that health spending places on the U.s. economy.Abstract:
Using the most recent data on health spending published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), we explore reasons why U.S. health spending towers over that of other countries with much older populations. Prominent among the reasons are higher U.S. per capita gross domestic product (GDP) as well as a highly complex and fragmented payment system that weakens the demand side of the health sector and entails high administrative costs. We examine the economic burden that health spending places on the U.S. economy. We comment on attempts by U.S. policy-makers to increase the prices foreign health systems pay for U.S. prescription drugs.read more
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Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada.
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It’s The Prices, Stupid: Why The United States Is So Different From Other Countries
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