Trends in Pediatric Private Insurance and Medicaid Spending: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis of Data from 2002 to 2014.

ABSTRACT: Given increased focus on health spending, this investigation aims to compare trends in pediatric Medicaid and private insurance spending on type of service from 2002 to 2014 in order to inform policy and research. A repeated cross-sectional analysis of 2002 to 2014 National Health Expenditure Accounts data was conducted. Total spending, per capita spending, and compounded annual growth rates for type of service were determined for children ages 0 to 18 at the national level. Per capita spending growth was higher for private insurance than for Medicaid, and the areas of high per capita spending growth differed for private insurance and Medicaid. While Medicaid spent more per capita on hospital care than private insurance, private insurance demonstrated greater per capita spending growth on

SUBMITTER: Sheth A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature