Understanding Rising Health Care Costs: Introducing a Series of Articles
- Harold C. Sox, MD, Editor
The cost of health care is one of the most serious problems facing the United States. Health care costs are a terrible burden to federal and state governments, to employers, to employees, and to the uninsured. In some cases, the expenditures are buying real gains. The level of disability in older people is lower than it used to be (1), as is the death rate from heart disease (2). But good evidence suggests that the intensity of care varies widely and that more intense care does not substantially improve health (3, …
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