Factors that influence health care costs include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Technology and intensity
b. Demographics—the aging population
c. Chronic illness
d. Use of the health care system
e. Type of health care insurance
ANS: A, B, C
Technology and intensity, demographics (especially the aging population), and chronic illness all influence health care costs. The fact that individuals have, over time, consumed more health care is not an adequate explanation for an influence of health care costs. The type of health care in-surance does not influence health care costs.
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