3362.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The American health care system, while an international leader in many ways, is also the most expensive health care system in the world, despite leaving many people without insurance and, therefore, with limited access to care. This session considers the structural factors which make the cost of care as high as it is, and which drive the long term trend in the share of U.S. GDP which is spent on health care. | |||
| Learning Objectives: To understand why the U.S. health care system costs so much more than any other. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Brian Ferguson, PhD Penelope Pine | |||
| Audrey Laporte, PhD | |||
| Introductory Remarks | |||
| Does competition have to reduce costs? Jonathan Sunshine, PhD | |||
| Why have health expenditures as a share of GDP risen so much? Charles I. Jones, PhD | |||
| Why is the price of health care in the United States so high? Brian S. Ferguson, PhD | |||
| Discussion | |||
| Organized by: | Medical Care | ||
| Endorsed by: | Labor Caucus; Mental Health; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||