Medical Xpress January 6, 2021
Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs.
Anne B. Martin, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, and colleagues describe U.S. health care spending in 2019, based on health expenditure data through 2019.
The researchers note that in 2019, health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent to reach $3.8 trillion ($11,582 per person), which was similar to the growth rate experienced in 2018 (4.7 percent) and consistent with the 4.5 percent growth rate observed since 2016. In 2019, the share of the gross domestic product devoted...
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