US Spending on Personal Health Care and Public Health, 1996-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

US health care spending has continued to increase, and now accounts for more than 17% of the US economy. Despite the size and growth of this spending, little is known about how spending on each condition varies by age and across time.

Objective

To systematically and comprehensively estimate US spending on personal health care and public health, according to condition, age and sex group, and type of care.

Design and setting

Government budgets, insurance claims, facility surveys, household surveys, and official US records from 1996 through 2013 were collected and combined. In total, 183 sources of data were used to estimate spending for 155 conditions (including cancer, which was disaggregated into 29 conditions). For each record, spending was extracted, alon

SUBMITTER: Dieleman JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5551483 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature