17.7%
of the GDP
8.3%
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
A new analysis of trends in utilization of high-cost medication indicates that among patients spending the most on prescription drugs, most are using specialty drugs. Express Scripts’s new findings follow its March 2015 report of a 13.1% jump in prescription …
As a small portion of the population accounts for a significant share of healthcare spending, many efforts to reduce costs focus on this group of “high utilizers.” The thought is that, while much of their spending is likely unavoidable, this …
A panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) recently released a report addressing the issue of limited competition in private healthcare markets in the U.S.
According to the NASI Panel on Pricing Power in Health …
In its latest report, Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost proposes a set of core measures intended to promote understanding and …
A new report from the Urban Institute examines how national health expenditures projections from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have changed in recent years as spending growth has slowed. The Urban analysis points out that the current …
Health spending is very concentrated among a small portion of the population, with 50% of spending focused on the top 5% of spenders in any one year.
With so much spending concentrated among a few very sick people, efforts to …
Although pharmaceutical spending growth has shown signs of picking back up in 2014, it had slowed considerably during the post-recession period (2009-2013) and was one of the primary contributors to the recent health spending slowdown, according to a recent Health …
The March 2015 issue of Health Affairs takes a look at the benefits and limitations of how health information is gathered and shared with patients, providers, and purchasers. With growing efforts to boost transparency in the health system by collecting …
The largest pharmacy benefits manager in the U.S. recently released its annual 2014 Drug Trend Report, indicating the biggest jump in prescription drug spending since 2003.
According to Express Scripts, prescription drug spending jumped 13.1% from 2013 to 2014. The …
Economists from MIT will soon publish a study in the Journal of Political Economy finding that higher cost emergency care was associated with better health outcomes for Medicare patients in …
