US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity, 2002-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Measuring health care spending by race and ethnicity is important for understanding patterns in utilization and treatment.

Objective

To estimate, identify, and account for differences in health care spending by race and ethnicity from 2002 through 2016 in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This exploratory study included data from 7.3 million health system visits, admissions, or prescriptions captured in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2002-2016) and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (2002-2012), which were combined with the insured population and notified case estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (2002; 2016) and health care spending estimates from the Disease Expenditure project (1996-2016).

Exposure

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SUBMITTER: Dieleman JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature