When focused on the youngest age group, a 20% increase in medical spending is associated with: FIGURE 3.1 Elasticity of health with respect to medical spending, by age. 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 20 40 60 80 100 Age Source: Hall and Jones, 2007. Note: "Whiskers" show standard errors of the estimates for each age group. 4% increase in conditional life expectancy 20% increase in conditional live expectancy O 8% increase in conditional life expectancy Elasticity of health with respect to medical spending

When focused on the youngest age group, a 20% increase in medical spending is associated with: FIGURE 3.1 Elasticity of health with respect to medical spending, by age. 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 20 40 60 80 100 Age Source: Hall and Jones, 2007. Note: "Whiskers" show standard errors of the estimates for each age group. 4% increase in conditional life expectancy 20% increase in conditional live expectancy O 8% increase in conditional life expectancy Elasticity of health with respect to medical spending

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