title: Does money spent on health care really improve U.S. health status?
abstract: Whether increased expenditures for health care substantially improve the overall health care of the U.S. population poses a critical question for the formulators of a national health policy. Concentrating exclusively on the impact of the Medicare program on the health status of the aged poor, the author examines HEW data and assesses the linkage between increased expenditures and improved health.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004470:Economics, Medical; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D009026:Mortality; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States