How are the problems/issues identified in Modern Medicine
shaped by financial / economic forces?
What portion of our economy relies on the
health-care industry?
How many jobs would be lost if we became able to
prevent all of the major illness that contribute to mortality?
How do health insurance payment/reimbursement
systems affect the type and amount of care patients receive?
Where do health care dollars go, or in other
words, how many “mouths to feed” are there in the US health care
financing structure?
What can be learned from comparisons between the
US and other countries that have different approaches to health care financing?
Search Terms
Health care finance/financing
Heath care AND GDP
Health care AND cross-national comparison
Health Care AND for profit
Health Care AND economics