Children
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Health Affairs: Effects Of State Insurance Mandates On Health Care Use And Spending For Autism Spectrum Disorder
Read more: Health Affairs: Effects Of State Insurance Mandates On Health Care Use And Spending For Autism Spectrum DisorderABSTRACT: Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have enacted insurance mandates that require commercial insurers to cover treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined whether implementing autism mandates altered service use or spending among commercially insured children with ASD. We compared children age twenty-one or younger who were eligible for mandates…
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JAMA Pediatrics: Effects of Autism Spectrum Disorder Insurance Mandates on the Treated Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Read more: JAMA Pediatrics: Effects of Autism Spectrum Disorder Insurance Mandates on the Treated Prevalence of Autism Spectrum DisorderABSTRACT Importance: Most states have passed insurance mandates requiring commercial health plans to cover services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Insurers have expressed concerns that these mandates will increase the number of children diagnosed with ASD (treated prevalence) and therefore increase costs associated with their care. To our knowledge, no published studies have…
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Kaiser Health News: As Childhood Diabetes Rates Rise, So Do Costs — And Families Feel the Pinch
Read more: Kaiser Health News: As Childhood Diabetes Rates Rise, So Do Costs — And Families Feel the PinchBy: Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Childhood diabetes rates are on the rise, and a report released Monday pointed to the impact that the cost of their care could have on families — even those who have employer-sponsored health insurance. The study, conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), found that children as old as 18…
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2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Read more: 2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization Report examines how much is spent on health care for adults and children with diabetes, where those dollars are spent, and how that compares to people without diabetes. It is based on the health care claims of more than 40 million Americans younger than 65 covered by…
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Children’s Health Spending Report 2010-2014
Read more: Children’s Health Spending Report 2010-2014Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2014 examines spending on health care for children covered by employer-sponsored insurance from 2010 to 2014. For the first time, HCCI analyzed children’s health care spending trends at the state level, reporting on Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia. Key…
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U.S. News & World Report: Cost for Kids’ Medical Care Increasing
Read more: U.S. News & World Report: Cost for Kids’ Medical Care IncreasingBy: Kimberly Leonard U.S. CHILDREN COVERED by their parents’ employer insurance have made fewer visits to medical facilities and used less medical care in recent years, but spending on their care has gone up, according to a report released Monday. The report, from the Health Care Cost Institute, shows that from 2010 to 2014 spending…
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CNBC: Children are using health services less – but medical costs still rising
Read more: CNBC: Children are using health services less – but medical costs still risingBy: Dan Mangan Kids are going to the doctor’s office and emergency rooms less often, and even using fewer prescription drugs — but overall health spending on children is still going up. A study released Monday by the Health Care Cost Institute indicates that price increases for health services and brand-name drugs were the biggest…
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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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Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013
Read more: Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013This issue brief examines health care spending for adults and children with diabetes relative to those without diabetes, both in terms of total per capita health care spending and out-of-pocket costs from 2009-2013. Key Findings: In 2013, $14,999 was spent per capita on health care for people with diabetes. Per capita health care spending for…
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Children’s Health Spending: 2009-2012
Read more: Children’s Health Spending: 2009-2012The Children’s Health Care Spending: 2009-2012 report shows that spending on health care for privately insured children increased between 2009 and 2012, rising an average 5.5 percent a year, with more dollars spent on boys than girls, and higher spending on infants and toddlers (ages 0-3) than any other children’s age group. Key Findings…