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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