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Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age

Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age
graph by Michael Batty, Christa Gibbs, and Benedic Ippolito; slow reveal by Jenna Laib

(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: line graph (double y-axis)

Visualization Source: Batty, M., Gibbs, C., & Ippolito, B. (2018). Unlike medical spending, medical bills in collections decrease with patients’ age. Health Affairs, 37(8), 1257–1264. 

Data Source: Batty, M., Gibbs, C., & Ippolito, B. (2018). Unlike medical spending, medical bills in collections decrease with patients’ age. Health Affairs, 37(8), 1257–1264. 

Potential Math Content: line graph, double y-axis, estimating values, slope, multiplicative comparison,

Potential Content Connections: healthcare, money, spending, economics, health


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