Treated disease prevalence and spending per treated case drove most of the growth in health care spending in 1987-2009

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-858

  Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

CHRONIC CARE; COST OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SPENDING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878001762     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0391     Document Type: Article

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