Healthcare DIVE June 22, 2022
Dive Brief:
- Socioeconomic, racial and gender inequities in healthcare account for nearly $320 billion in annual spending, and could account for $1 trillion or more by 2040, according to an analysis out Wednesday from Deloitte.
- Researchers looked at several high-cost diseases to find out how much spending could be attributed to health inequities while accounting for population and per capita spending changes.
- If inequities remain largely unaddressed, healthcare spending for the average American could rise from $1,000 annually today to $3,000 by 2040, and historically underserved communities could be disproportionately affected, the analysis found.
Dive Insight:
The healthcare industry is pressured to lower spending while increasing quality of care, though costly inequities in the system are only expected...
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