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health service utilization
1. Underlying chronic conditions significantly increase hospital spending in Canada
2. Canadians with asthma have higher health service utilization
3. Higher costs for physician and institutional services account for most of the differences in health spending between Canada and the United States
4. Nearly 70 percent of U.S. private health insurance spending is for services provided by health professionals and hospitals
5. Hospital costs drive Medicaid spending for depression
6. Access to asthma medications may impact emergency department utilization of Medicaid enrollees with asthma
7. Hospital and nursing home spending accounts for more than half of overall Medicaid spending growth
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