Blog explains why context matters in discussions on health care spending
An AHA blog published March 24 responds to a recent KFF brief on the role of hospital care in recent health care spending growth. It explains why hospital spending is easy for detractors to scrutinize, despite being stable since the 1980s, and why context is critical to understand what hospital spending measures include. READ MORE
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