title: Future spending for medical care.
abstract: Why does the U.S. spend more for health care than other countries? What do we get for our additional money? Who pays the bills and bears the costs for health care? The article answers these questions and also provides observations about future trends in U.S. health care and challenges facing this country in the new century.
authors.affiliation: Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ginzberg
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005544:Forecasting; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States