Forecasting health expenditures: Short, medium, and long (long) term

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 56-72

  Getzen, Thomas E ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; National health expenditures; Projections; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLITICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034019325     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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