title: The ethical implications of health spending: death and other expensive conditions.
abstract: The cost of health care in the United States has important generational considerations whether analyzed at a point in time, or over many years. The budgets of governments contain important information about the funding of public services, including health care, and the intra- and inter-generational implications of both the inherent tradeoffs, and the particular means of funding the services. End-of-life expenditures, while a significant component of the cost of health care, are not the primary consideration in the ethical or moral questions raised.
authors.affiliation: National Governors Association.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crippen
authors.forename: Amber E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Barnato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics; D004467:Economics; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States