Out-of-Pocket
-
2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending
Read more: 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report tracks changes in health care prices, utilization, and spending for people younger than 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). The 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured person grew 3.4% in 2014, with more dollars going to brand-name drugs than…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician SpendingRead more: 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured grew 3.9% in 2013, as falling utilization offset rising prices. The 2013 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report tracks changes in health care prices, utilization, and spending for people younger than 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). Key Findings…
-
Out-of-Pocket Spending Trends 2013
Read more: Out-of-Pocket Spending Trends 2013This issue brief accompanies the 2013 Spending Cost & Utilization Report and examines trends in out-of-pocket expenditures per capita for the national, younger than age 65 population covered by employer-sponsored insurance for the period of 2011 through 2013.
-
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…
-
Health Affairs: Trends Underlying Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Growth For Americans Younger Than Age Sixty-Five
Read more: Health Affairs: Trends Underlying Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Growth For Americans Younger Than Age Sixty-FiveABSTRACT Little is known about the trends in health care spending for the 156 million Americans who are younger than age sixty-five and enrolled in employer-sponsored health insurance. Using a new source of health insurance claims data, we estimated per capita spending, utilization, and prices for this population between 2007 and 2011. During this period…
-
Health Care Costs from Birth to Death
Tags: Children, Chronic Conditions, Commercially Insured, Out-of-Pocket, Prices, Society of Actuaries
Read more: Health Care Costs from Birth to DeathHealth Care Costs from Birth to Death examines health care spending from birth to age 90 for people covered by commercial health insurance and for those covered by Medicare fee-for-service. The research sponsored by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) using data from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) estimates that the average 55-year-old retiree will…
-
2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, PricesRead more: 2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2011 provides the first broad look at 2011 health care spending among those with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). HCCI found that average dollars spent on health care services for that population climbed 4.6 percent in 2011, reaching $4,547 per person. This was well above the 3.8 percent growth rate…
-
Changes in Health Care Spending in 2011
Read more: Changes in Health Care Spending in 2011A summary of HCCI’s 2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report.