Health Economics and Policy
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ISBN: 9781337106757
Author: James W. Henderson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 2QAP
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The viewpoint on the ideology that the United States’ health care system is a failure despite being the highest spender of per capita on medical care.
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