Factors Associated With Increases in US Health Care Spending, 1996-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care spending in the United States increased substantially from 1995 to 2015 and comprised 17.8% of the economy in 2015. Understanding the relationship between known factors and spending increases over time could inform policy efforts to contain future spending growth.

Objective

To quantify changes in spending associated with 5 fundamental factors related to health care spending in the United States: population size, population age structure, disease prevalence or incidence, service utilization, and service price and intensity.

Design and setting

Data on the 5 factors from 1996 through 2013 were extracted for 155 health conditions, 36 age and sex groups, and 6 types of care from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study and the Institute for Health Met

SUBMITTER: Dieleman JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818797 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature