title: Vital statistics: influence of six factors on medical cost increases in 1988.
abstract: Projecting an 18% health benefits cost increase for the "average" employer in 1988, a large insurance company has broken down the components of this upward trend and calculated the extent to which each will contribute to the increase. This information suggests areas of concentration for cost managers.
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States