Trends in total and out-of-pocket spending in metro areas: 2012-2015
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Data brief (Health Care Cost Institute)
- Author(s):
- Frost, Amanda, author
- Contributor(s):
- Health Care Cost Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC, : Health Care Cost Institute, August 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Financing, Personal Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- trends Urban Population Forecasting Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- KEY FINDINGS. Out-of-pocket per capita spending was 61% higher in the highest spending CBSA than the lowest in 2015, and 72% higher in 2012. The fastest out-of-pocket spending growth rate was in Lexington, it grew an average annual 10.1% from 2012 to 2015, over 3.5 times as fast as the national average growth rate. In 2015, the CBSA with the largest consumer spending burden was in Augusta with 20.4% of total spending paid out of pocket, while the lowest was New York City with 14.1%.
- 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:
- 101727986 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101727986