Patient-centered care categorization of U.S. health care expenditures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To categorize national medical expenditures into patient-centered categories.

Data sources

The 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), a nationally representative annual survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Study design

Descriptive statistics categorizing expenditures into seven patient-centered care categories: chronic conditions, acute illness, trauma/injury or poisoning, dental, pregnancy/birth-related, routine preventative health care, and other.

Data collection methods

MEPS cohort.

Principal findings

Nearly half of expenditures were for chronic conditions. The remaining expenditures were as follows: acute illness (25 percent), trauma/poisoning (8 percent), dental (7 percent), routine preventative health care (6 per

SUBMITTER: Conway P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3064915 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature