Health care costs 101: spending growth outpaces economy
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- California health care almanac (California HealthCare Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Wilson, Katherine, author
- Contributor(s):
- California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Oakland, CA : California Health Care Foundation, June 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data California United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Health Care Costs 101: US Spending Growth Outpaces Economy provides a detailed look at national health care spending in 2019, just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. National health care spending increased 4.6% in 2019 to $3.8 trillion, growing faster than both the economy (4.0%) and consumer prices (1.8%). The 2019 increase was similar to its growth of 4.7% in 2018. In 2019, health care spending accounted for 17.7% of the economy and averaged $11,582 per person, more than twice the amount spent by most developed countries.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (49 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918366886606676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918366886606676