The Role of Chronic Disease, Obesity, and Improved Treatment and Detection in Accounting for the Rise in Healthcare Spending Between 1987 and 2011

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 381-387

  Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a   Allen, Lindsay ^a   Joski, Peter ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; ADULT; COMPLICATION; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938422004     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40258-015-0164-7     Document Type: Article

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