Step #1: reflect about: Why did you choose this research topic? Rising of health care cost

Step #2: Identify the author(s) in column #1, following APA referencing style. Please repeat this for each article. When you are done, highlight the most important "quotations" on each academic paper selected.

Step #3: Skim your selected papers, and look specifically for theoretical framework (TF), and conclusion. In the Literature Review section of your paper, try to identify which TF was applied. If two (2) or more of your academic papers have a similar theoretical framework it means that your selection was very well thought out.

What is/are the hypothesis(es) under analysis? Do the author(s) validate the hypothesis? In context to research analysis, what are the similarities between these six (6) selected papers?

Step #4: Reflect about gap you notice in the literature or disagreement among authors. Type 2 major disagreements among your papers

E.g. In contrast to Gonzalez et al (2023) the paper published by Suarez & Smith (2021) the sample was not....

E.g. The theoretical model applied by Gonzalez et al (2023) seems similar that the one published by Suarez & Smith (2021). However, ...

The following the table below (basic approach recommended by Lehman's Library). In the "Articles Theme Matrix" please check the appropriate boxes for what themes are discussed in each article selected. When you are done, you will be able to easily see which articles share common themes, and where there are gaps in the research regarding coverage of certain concepts.

Themes	Article #1 (author(s), yr)	Article #2 (author(s), yr)	Article #3 (author(s), yr)	Article #4 (author(s), yr)	Article #5 (author(s), yr)	Article #6 (author(s), yr)
Theoretical Framework
Res. Question(s) or Hypothesis
Conclusion
Similarities
Contrast

Using APA referencing style please include your bibliography in alphabetical order. Then, based on that order, apply it to the number assigned to each paper in row #1 above.

Art. 1.

Art. 2.

Art. 3.

Art. 4.

Art. 5.

Art. 6