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National health expenditures, 1984

Growth in health care expenditures slowed to 9.1 percent in 1984, the smallest increase in expenditures in 19 years. Economic forces and emerging structural changes within the health sector played a role in slowing growth. Of the $1,580 per person spent for health care in 1984, 41 percent was financ...

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Autores principales: Levit, Katharine R., Lazenby, Helen, Waldo, Daniel R., Davidoff, Lawrence M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10311395
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Sumario:Growth in health care expenditures slowed to 9.1 percent in 1984, the smallest increase in expenditures in 19 years. Economic forces and emerging structural changes within the health sector played a role in slowing growth. Of the $1,580 per person spent for health care in 1984, 41 percent was financed by public programs; 31 percent by private health insurance; and the remainder by other private sources. Together, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for 27 percent of all health spending.