Tracking US Health Care Spending by Health Condition and County.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding health conditions with the most spending and variation across locations and over time is important for identifying trends, highlighting inequalities, and developing strategies for lowering health spending.

Objective

To estimate US health care spending for each of 3110 US counties, across 4 payers (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and out-of-pocket payments), and according to 148 health conditions, 38 age/sex groups, and 7 types of care from 2010 to 2019.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational analysis using more than 40 billion insurance claims and nearly 1 billion facility records.

Exposures

Ambulatory care, dental care, emergency department care, home health care, hospital inpatient care, nursing facility care, and purc

SUBMITTER: Dieleman JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829247 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature