High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: Seeking an Explanation

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   Figure 1. Adapted with permission from Levit et al. . Copyright 2004, Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Where the health care dollar comes from, 2002.(2)
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   Figure 2. Adapted with permission from Levit et al. . Copyright 2004, Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Where the health care dollar goes, 2002.(2)
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   Figure 3. Values are U.S. dollars (purchasing power parity international dollars). Data obtained from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development . Health expenditures and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, 1998.(1)