title: Cost control in a parallel universe: Medicare spending in the United States and Canada.
authors.forename: David U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Himmelstein
authors.forename: Steffie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolhandler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States