Geographic Variation
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Shopping for Health Care Makes “Cents” for Consumers
Read more: Shopping for Health Care Makes “Cents” for ConsumersThis data brief looks at per capita out-of-pocket spending rates nationally and statewide and examines average differences in consumer prices for a set of five common medical procedures: office visit for the evaluation of a new patient, colonoscopy, cataract removal, lower leg MRI; and ultrasound for pregnancy nationally and in nine states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida,…
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2007-2011 Vermont Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Read more: 2007-2011 Vermont Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2007-2011 Vermont Health Care Cost and Utilization Report compares national and Vermont health care trends for the privately insured. The report finds that Vermonters with employer sponsored health insurance spent less on health care, but their spending grew faster than the national average. The report was prepared in cooperation with the Green Mountain Care Board. Key Findings…
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2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Geographic Variation, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Physician SpendingRead more: 2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2012 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that the growth rate of health care spending among privately insured people under age 65 remained low in 2012, growing 4.0 percent, slightly lower than in 2011 (4.1%). Key Findings Spending grew fastest for young adults, women, and people living in the Northeast. Out-of-pocket spending…