Health care spending in the United States and other high-income countries

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 319, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1024-1039

  Papanicolas, Irene ^a,b   Woskie, Liana R ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DENMARK; FRANCE; GERMANY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85043588532     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.1150     Document Type: Review

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