title: The value of medical spending in the United States.
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D014481:United States