title: Sickness and eligibility levels as factors in health care cost curve.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000191:economics; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology