Question 1- What are two basic factors could change national health care expenditures?

Question 2- If you were examining growth in health care expenditures and had to select from an overall number for comparisons (e.g., total sum spent each year by nation) or a per capita number for each year, which number would you prefer? Please explain your answer.

Question 3- Explain the benefits of using health care expenditures as a percentage of a nation's gross domestic product over per capita health care expenditures in comparing health care spending across nations.

Question 4- Do you feel health care expenditures should be controlled even if they are efficient or should providing access and care to all Americans take precedent over the amount of resources devoted to health care? In other words, is there is a limit or a point when health care expenditures should stop? Explain your answer

Question 5- Explain the costs of devoting more and more resources to health care expenditures. Provide an example of this concept.

Question 6- Assume two hospitals provide different amounts of x-rays on a per-patient basis. Explain how increasing the number of x-rays provided by the hospital that provides less scans could result in poorer health outcomes.