Explaining the growth in US health care spending using state-level variation in income, insurance, and provider market dynamics

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Herring, Bradley ^a   Trish, Erin ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care providers; Health care spending; Health economics; Health insurance; Health policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MARKET; STATISTICAL MODEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; INCOME; INSURANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982695551     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: 19457243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0046958015618971     Document Type: Article

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