Is American Pet Health Care (Also) Uniquely Inefficient?
发现美国人类医疗与宠物医疗在支出增长、收入梯度、就业增长和临终高花费四方面相似，探讨了保险普及和公共参与等制度差异的影响。
We document four similarities between American human healthcare and American pet care: (i) rapid growth in spending as a share of GDP over the last two decades; (ii) strong income-spending gradient; (iii) rapid growth in the employment of healthcare providers; and (iv) similar propensity for high spending at the end of life. We speculate about possible implications of these similar patterns in two sectors that share many common features but differ markedly in institutional features, such as the prevalence of insurance and of public sector involvement.