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Defining 'Program Administration' In Spending Data

E. Barry Solomon   ( 20 October 2009 )

Defining 'Program Administration' In Spending Data 20 October 2009
E. Barry Solomon, Retired Send comment to journal: Re: Defining 'Program Administration' In Spending Data solomonbarry1{at}comcast.net E. Barry Solomon	In Exhibit 2 (and others) "National Health Expediture Amounts, and Annual Percent Change by Types of Expenditure: Calendar Years 2003-2018" Line Item: "Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance" Net cost of private health insurance is self-explanatory, but I'd like to know how, or have you direct me to a site where, "program administration" is precisely defined. I'd also like to know the breakdown between the two components.