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Factors Associated With Increases in US Health Care Spending, 1996-2013

Factors Associated With Increases in US Health Care Spending, 1996-2013 Key PointsQuestionHow are 5 factors—population growth, population aging, disease prevalence or incidence, service utilization, and service price and intensity—associated with health care spending increases in the United States from 1996 to 2013? FindingsHealth care spending increased by $933.5 billion from 1996 to 2013. Service price and intensity alone accounted for more than 50% of the spending increase, although the association of the 5 factors with spending varied by type of care and health condition. MeaningUnderstanding the factors associated with health care spending increases, and their variability across conditions and types of care, can inform policy efforts to contain health care spending. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.15927
pmid
29114831
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Abstract

Key PointsQuestionHow are 5 factors—population growth, population aging, disease prevalence or incidence, service utilization, and service price and intensity—associated with health care spending increases in the United States from 1996 to 2013? FindingsHealth care spending increased by $933.5 billion from 1996 to 2013. Service price and intensity alone accounted for more than 50% of the spending increase, although the association of the 5 factors with spending varied by type of care and health condition. MeaningUnderstanding the factors associated with health care spending increases, and their variability across conditions and types of care, can inform policy efforts to contain health care spending.

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 7, 2017

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