Which of the Following Factors Help to Explain the Sustained

question 135

Essay

Which of the following factors help to explain the sustained increases in health care spending in the United States, and which do not?
a.the additional paperwork, duplication, and waste generated in the U.S.health care system compared to systems in other countries
b.the increasing costs of malpractice insurance and malpractice lawsuit settlements
c.the number of uninsured patients receiving hospital treatment that could have been performed at a lower cost in doctors' offices
d.the slow growth in labor productivity in health care compared to that in the economy as a whole
e.the aging population
f.increases in the cost of providing health care

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Definitions:

Deferred Imitation

The ability to remember and replicate actions observed at an earlier time, without the model being present.

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Piaget

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Deferred Imitation

The ability to observe an action and replicate it later, even without the immediate presence of the original stimulus or model.