Publications
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Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013
Read more: Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013This issue brief examines health care spending for adults and children with diabetes relative to those without diabetes, both in terms of total per capita health care spending and out-of-pocket costs from 2009-2013. Key Findings: In 2013, $14,999 was spent per capita on health care for people with diabetes. Per capita health care spending for…
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Shopping for Health Care Makes “Cents” for Consumers
Read more: Shopping for Health Care Makes “Cents” for ConsumersThis data brief looks at per capita out-of-pocket spending rates nationally and statewide and examines average differences in consumer prices for a set of five common medical procedures: office visit for the evaluation of a new patient, colonoscopy, cataract removal, lower leg MRI; and ultrasound for pregnancy nationally and in nine states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida,…
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American Journal of Managed Care: Overcoming barriers to a research-ready national commercial claims database
Read more: American Journal of Managed Care: Overcoming barriers to a research-ready national commercial claims databaseABSTRACT Objectives: Billions of dollars have been spent on the goal of making healthcare data available to clinicians and researchers in the hopes of improving healthcare and lowering costs. However, the problems of data governance, distribution, and accessibility remain challenges for the healthcare system to overcome. Study Design: In this study, we discuss some of the…
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Out-of-Pocket Spending Trends 2013
Read more: Out-of-Pocket Spending Trends 2013This issue brief accompanies the 2013 Spending Cost & Utilization Report and examines trends in out-of-pocket expenditures per capita for the national, younger than age 65 population covered by employer-sponsored insurance for the period of 2011 through 2013.
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Selected Health Care Trends for Young Adults: 2007-2012
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Emergency Room, Inpatient Spending, Mental Health and Substance Use, Outpatient SpendingRead more: Selected Health Care Trends for Young Adults: 2007-2012This issue brief is one of the first to examine health care trends for young adults (ages 19-25) with employer-sponsored insurance before and after implementation of Section 1001 of the Affordable Care Act that allows parents to include their adult children in family health plans.
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Children’s Health Spending: 2009-2012
Read more: Children’s Health Spending: 2009-2012The Children’s Health Care Spending: 2009-2012 report shows that spending on health care for privately insured children increased between 2009 and 2012, rising an average 5.5 percent a year, with more dollars spent on boys than girls, and higher spending on infants and toddlers (ages 0-3) than any other children’s age group. Key Findings…
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Key Findings from Children’s Health Spending 2009-2012 Report
Read more: Key Findings from Children’s Health Spending 2009-2012 ReportThis issue brief summarizes the main findings of the Health Care Cost Institute’s (HCCI’s) Children’s Health Spending: 2009-2012.
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Health Affairs: Trends Underlying Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Growth For Americans Younger Than Age Sixty-Five
Read more: Health Affairs: Trends Underlying Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Growth For Americans Younger Than Age Sixty-FiveABSTRACT Little is known about the trends in health care spending for the 156 million Americans who are younger than age sixty-five and enrolled in employer-sponsored health insurance. Using a new source of health insurance claims data, we estimated per capita spending, utilization, and prices for this population between 2007 and 2011. During this period…
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The Impact of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on Inpatient Admissions
Read more: The Impact of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on Inpatient AdmissionsThe 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) sought to improve access to mental health and substance use services. The Health Care Cost Institute, Inc. (HCCI) analyzed mental health, substance use, and medical/surgical inpatient per capita spending, utilization, prices, and out-of-pocket payments for individuals younger than age 65 and covered by employer-sponsored health…