How serious is “medical care ” inflation in the United States? For many years, price indexes for medical care have outstripped the overall rate of inflation. For example, between 1986 and 1996, the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.5 per cent per year, which far

Health care expenditures have grown from 4.4 percent of the U.S. economy in 1950 to over 13 percent in 1994. At the same time, medical care prices have risen twice as fast as other prices, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). That apparent increase in the price of medical care (relative

Diabetes mellitus is a complex, chronic illness requiring continuous medical care with multifactorial risk reduction strategies beyond glycemic control. Ongoing patient self-management education and support are critical to preventing acute complications and reducing the risk of long

in medical care capacity during influenza seasons. Over the seven influenza seasons studied, the number of licensed beds decreased 12%, while the LAC population increased 5%. Our findings suggest that the capacity of health-care systems to handle patient visits during influenza seasons is diminishing.

Abstract Background: In regular administrative statistics for medical services, utilization data are usually presented as aggregate data and lack an individual perspective. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of medical care utilization in Taiwan using a long-established analytical

private good substitutes for the government and voluntary sectors, substitutes which offered the consumer much more privacy and control. The voluntary sector was especially strong in parts of the country where there was considerable heterogeneity of demands for medical care--e.g., in London--and pioneered

This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People’s Republic of China. It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of 6407 urban households, a continuous measure of health care spending, and price. A two-part model and a discrete

Background: We presented the pattern of health care consumption, and the utilization of available resources by describing the ecology of medical care in Beijing on a monthly basis and by describing the socio-demographic characteristics associated with receipt care in different settings. Methods: A

. The belief that medical care is a right to be provided by the national government has seeped even into the capitalistic fibers of the United States. Although free-market exchanges are routine for essentials such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation, the U.S. government provides nearly half

become involved in the medical care of their pa-tients during this most physiologically stressful time of their life.