US Healthcare Economy

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Healthcare spending is an important contributor to the economy of the United States, which spends a significant portion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare. In 2016 it was 17.8% of the GDP and highest among other high income countries (Papanicolas, Woskie, and Jha, 2018). WATCH THE FOLLOWING video BELOW about these findings at: Papanicolas, I., Woskie, L.R., and Jha, A.K. (2018) Health care spending in the United States and other high income countries. Journal of the American Medical Association 319(10):1024-1039. Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2674671 Using the REFERENCE provided BELOW read the article discussing trends in the US healthcare economy. -CHOOSE one of the eight trends described. -DESCRIBE the trend in your own words by paraphrasing. Do not use any direct quotes or copy from the article. -RESEARCH the trend and discuss your thoughts about the significance of the trend on the US healthcare economy in the future. -Use scholarly references published within the last five years and cite them using APA formatting. REFERENCE: Vogenberg, F.R. and Santilli, J. (2018). Healthcare trends for 2018. American Health & Drug Benefits 11(1):48-54. (February 2018) Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5902765/