title: Authors' Reply to Gandjour: "The Role of Chronic Disease, Obesity, and Improved Treatment and Detection in Accounting for the Rise in Healthcare Spending Between 1987 and 2011".
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Thorpe
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. lindsay.allen@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joski
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000639:trends*