In the United States, the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
a. prescription drugs.
b. hospital care.
c. physician services.
d. public health services (PHSs).
ANS: B
The largest share of health care expenditures goes to pay for hospital care, with physician services the next largest item. The money spent for PHSs is significantly lower than the other categories of expenditures. Other significant drivers of the increasingly high cost of health care include pre-scription drugs, technology, and chronic and degenerative disease.
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