Is American Pet Health Care (Also) Uniquely Inefficient?

We document four similarities between American human healthcare and American pet care: (i) rapid growth in spending as a share of GDP over the last two decades; (ii) strong income-spending gradient; (iii) rapid growth in the employment of healthcare providers; and (iv) similar propensity for high sp...

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Main Authors: Einav, Liran (Author), Gupta, Atul (Author), Finkelstein, Amy (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2018-03-23T22:57:44Z.
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