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Comparative Study
. 2008 Fall;22(4):27-50.
doi: 10.1257/jep.22.4.27.

Is American health care uniquely inefficient?

Alan M Garber  1 , Johathan Skinner
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Comparative Study

Is American health care uniquely inefficient?

Alan M Garber et al. J Econ Perspect. 2008 Fall.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Percent of GDP Spent on Health Care for Selected OECD Countries
Sources:Chandra and Skinner (2008); OECD (2008). Notes: Data for Germany refer to West Germany. Data for 2005 are estimates based on actual expenditures through 2004.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Figure 2a A Health Care Production Function Figure 2b Explaining “Flat of the Curve” Health Care Expenditures
Figure 2
Figure 2
Figure 2a A Health Care Production Function Figure 2b Explaining “Flat of the Curve” Health Care Expenditures
Figure 3
Figure 3. Health Care Production Functions: Shifting over Time
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Figure 4
Figure 4a Per Capita Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Peer Countries: 1970–2004 Source:OCED (2008). Note: “Peer countries” include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Ratio of U.S. to peer country spending written above bars. “PPP” is purchasing power parity. Figure 4b Relative Life Expectancy at Birth in the U.S. and Peer Countries: 1970–2004 Source: OECD (2008). Note: “Peer countries” include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Ratio of U.S. to Peer Country life expectancy written above bars.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Figure 4a Per Capita Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Peer Countries: 1970–2004 Source:OCED (2008). Note: “Peer countries” include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Ratio of U.S. to peer country spending written above bars. “PPP” is purchasing power parity. Figure 4b Relative Life Expectancy at Birth in the U.S. and Peer Countries: 1970–2004 Source: OECD (2008). Note: “Peer countries” include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Ratio of U.S. to Peer Country life expectancy written above bars.
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