High and Rising Health Care Costs: Demystifying U.S. Health Care Spending

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2008-10
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Abstract

Reviews the data used to measure U.S. healthcare costs and examines long- and short-term trends, whether costs are too high, how they compare to those of other developed nations, and what factors are driving the growth. Includes policy implications.

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Health, Health, Healthcare Access/Reform, Health, Health Insurance/Coverage
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http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/101508.policysynthesis.costdrivers.rpt.pdf