Employer-sponsored insurance, health care cost growth, and the economic performance of U.S. Industries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effect of growth in health care costs that outpaces gross domestic product (GDP) growth ("excess" growth in health care costs) on employment, gross output, and value added to GDP of U.S. industries.

Study setting

We analyzed data from 38 U.S. industries for the period 1987-2005. All data are publicly available from various government agencies.

Study design

We estimated bivariate and multivariate regressions. To develop the regression models, we assumed that rapid growth in health care costs has a larger effect on economic performance for industries where large percentages of workers receive employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). We used the estimated regression coefficients to simulate economic outcomes under alternative scenarios of heal

SUBMITTER: Sood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2754542 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature