Out-of-pocket spending trends (2013)
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Health Care Cost Institute)
- Contributor(s):
- Health Care Cost Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C., : Health Care Cost Institute, October 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Delivery of Health Care -- economics Health Expenditures -- trends Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Forecasting Health Benefit Plans, Employee Infant Infant, Newborn Insurance Coverage Middle Aged Female Humans Male United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2013, 16.4% of health care spending per individual covered by employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) was paid out of pocket. In that year, out-of-pocket expenditures for those with ESI rose by 4.0% to $800 per capita. Most of the increase came from rising out-of-pocket spending on professional services and outpatient visits. In contrast, out-of-pocket spending on prescriptions fell for the third consecutive year. Among the four Census regions studied, the South continued to have the highest level and fastest growing out-of-pocket spending. Among age groups, out-of-pocket-spending growth jumped for pre-Medicare adults (ages 55-44), while growth slowed for other age groups. Spending differences between men and women generally continued to widen. Unlike the other ESI populations examined, young adult women (ages 19-25) did not experience an increase in out-of-pocket spending in 2013. KEY FINDINGS: 2013. (2) 16.4% Share of health care costs paid out of pocket. (2) $800 AND 4.0% Out-of-pocket spending per capita and growth rate (2012-2013) for national ESI population. (3) $662 AND 0.0% Out-of-pocket spending per capita and growth rate (2012-2013) for young adult women. (4) $51 AND 10.5% Out-of-pocket per capita spending and growth rate (2012-2013) on acute inpatient admissions. (5) -0.6% AND -10.2% Growth rates for out-of-pocket spending (2012-2013) on generic and brand prescriptions.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101654794 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101654794