Drug Spending
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2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending
Read more: 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report tracks changes in health care prices, utilization, and spending for people younger than 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). The 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured person grew 3.4% in 2014, with more dollars going to brand-name drugs than…
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Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2013
Read more: Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2013Children’s Health Spending: 2010–2013 shows that spending on healthcare for children (ages 0-18) covered by employer-sponsored insurance grew an average of 5.7% per year. The increase in spending in 2013 occurred despite a drop in the use of prescription drugs and visits to the emergency room, demonstrating that rising health care prices were an evident…
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2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician SpendingRead more: 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured grew 3.9% in 2013, as falling utilization offset rising prices. The 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report tracks changes in health care prices, utilization, and spending for people younger than 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). 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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2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Geographic Variation, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Physician SpendingRead more: 2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that the growth rate of health care spending among privately insured people under age 65 remained low in 2012, growing 4.0 percent, slightly lower than in 2011 (4.1%). Key Findings Spending grew fastest for young adults, women, and people living in the Northeast. Out-of-pocket spending…
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2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, PricesRead more: 2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2011 provides the first broad look at 2011 health care spending among those with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). HCCI found that average dollars spent on health care services for that population climbed 4.6 percent in 2011, reaching $4,547 per person. This was well above the 3.8 percent growth rate…
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Spending on Prescriptions in 2011
Read more: Spending on Prescriptions in 2011Findings from HCCI’s Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2011
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2007-2011 Children’s Health Care Spending Report
Tags: Children, Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Emergency Room, Mental Health and Substance UseRead more: 2007-2011 Children’s Health Care Spending ReportIn the Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2010, HCCI found that the health expenditures for children with ESI grew faster than any other age group. This report begins to explore why health care spending for commercially insured children rose so quickly, and whether growing expenditure on children’s health care represents a potential long-term trend….
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2010 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, Utilization
Read more: 2010 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2010 HCCI Health Care Cost and Utilization Report is the first report of its kind to track changes in expenditures and utilization of health care services by those younger than 65 covered by employer sponsored, private health insurance (ESI). This report assesses the levels and changes in prices and utilization (including changes in the…