17.9%
of the GDP
7.4%
of adults report delaying or going without care due to costs
-65%
from 1980 to 2017
70.4%
of children aged 19-35 months received combined 7-vaccine series
How can we know if the performance of the health system overall in the U.S. is good and if it is getting better or worse over time? Can a meaningful and reasonably understandable set of national quality measures be identified, …
A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model resulted in a net shared savings of $134 million in 2012 and $99 million in 2013.
ACOs were introduced into Medicare …
Health spending in the U.S. has grown at historically low levels since 2008, likely due to a combination of the economic downturn and slow recovery, as well as structural changes to the health system, such as higher deductibles in private …
Infant mortality rate (death within their first year of life) is a widely-utilized indicator of population health. Our new chart collection highlights infant mortality rates in the U.S. compared to rates in similarly wealthy and sizable OECD countries, as well …
A new study examining the value of cancer care in the United States compared to Western Europe ignited a string of responses and discussion regarding the best way to measure the quality of cancer care.
The study by Samir Soneji …
In the U.S. and comparable countries there has been a reduction in disease burden, as measured by Disability Adjusted Life Years (or DALYs), in recent years. Our latest chart collection, which analyzes data from the Institute for Health Metrics and …
Medical spending among people with private coverage may continue to grow at relatively slow rates in 2016, according to the latest Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers report from PwC’s Health Research Institute.
Each year, PwC reports projected medical cost …
A study in the June 2015 issue of Health Affairs comparing wages of health sector employees to those of similarly qualified workers in other sectors found that although healthcare workers are paid only slightly more on average than their counterparts …
Recently released economic data suggest that, after a period of historically low health care spending growth, growth rates have started to increase.
The latest figures from the Quarterly Services Survey (QSS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, estimate that health …
While there are widely agreed upon ways to measure spending on healthcare, measuring the quality of care delivered is a more difficult undertaking with less consensus on the best metrics and less systematic data available. Simple measures of health outcomes …
