Understanding the U.S. Health Services System (4th ed.) by P. L. Barton indicates that sources of funds for select personal health expenditures vary considerably.
What services are supported in large part by private health insurance? By the federal government? By out-of-pocket expenditures?
What do these funding sources suggest about the population utilizing these services? What might they suggest about other populations or system factors?
Total expenditures for health care in 2007 were 83 times the total expenditures for 1960, increasing from $26.9 billion to $2.2 trillion.
What factors contributed to this increase?
How much did each factor contribute to this increase?
Write a three- to four-page paper, in which you address each of the items that you researched. Incorporate your notes from the readings as well.