The Value of Medical Spending in the United States, 1960–2000
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- 31 August 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 355 (9), 920-927
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa054744
Abstract
The increased use of medical therapies has led to increased medical costs. To provide insight into the value of this increased spending, we compared gains in life expectancy with the increased costs of care from 1960 through 2000.Keywords
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