print email comment close Backgrounder: Healthcare Costs and U.S. Competitiveness URL: http://www.cfr.org/publication/13325/ Description: Backgrounder about health care costs in the U.S., where "factoring in costs borne by government, the private sector, and individuals, the United States spends over $1.9 trillion annually on healthcare expenses, more than any other industrialized country." Includes links to related websites and other material about economics and health. From the Council on Foreign Relations. Author: Teslik, Lee Hudson Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations LII Database Information: Record 24083 created by Jennifer English on 06/26/2007 Last modification on 07/09/2007 Published: 07/12/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24083