... become customary to compare countries in terms of the share of their GDP devoted to health care expenditure (HCE). Part A of Table 1 shows that Switzerland occupies an upper-middle position, comparable to Germany’s. The contrast to Great Britain, with its National Health Ser- vice, is commonly...

... Adult Overall PCE Index Per capita HCE growth PCH Index Absolute-Health-Improvement Price Index Health price change from 1963 to 2017 (ratio of health price index: 2017 to 1963) 6.2 56.5 15.7 2.08 Health component of threshold for individual in 2017 (assumes 10% health...

... essays using AIDS to muse upon contemporary phenomena, in the style of Susan Sontag’s AIDS and Its Metaphors. 940 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law This book by Monroe hce, dean of the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, belongs in the second category. Price visualizes...

... to be no significant studies of this issue, but there is reason to believe such effects are minor. 5 One reason is that federal law requires that self-funded (ERISA) plans not discriminate by providing better benefits to “highly compensated employees” (hereafter, HCEs). About 63 percent of employees...