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Health spending projections for 2001-2011: the latest outlookStephen Heffler
Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, Baltimore, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:207-18. 2002..This difference largely reflects legislation-driven increases in public spending growth combined with a weaker economic outlook. Recent acceleration in private-sector health spending is projected to peak in 2002...
"An overview of the NHEA with implications for cost analysis researchers"Stephen Heffler
National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, USA
Med Care 47:S37-43. 2009..The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) are the official government estimates of aggregate US health care spending. We summarize the data sources, methods, strengths, limitations, and applications of the NHEA...
Health spending projections through 2013Stephen Heffler
Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004..The recently passed Medicare drug benefit legislation (not included in these projections) is not anticipated to have a large impact on overall national health spending, but it can be expected to cause sizable shifts in payment sources...
U.S. health spending projections for 2004-2014Stephen Heffler
Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2005..By 2014, total health spending is projected to constitute 18.7 percent of gross domestic product, from 15.3 percent in 2003...
Health spending projections for 2002-2012Stephen Heffler
Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2003..The result is that the health share of gross domestic product is projected to increase from 14.1 percent in 2001 to 17.7 percent in 2012...
National health spending in 2005: the slowdown continuesAaron Catlin
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:142-53. 2007..This third consecutive year of slower health spending growth was largely driven by prescription drug expenditures. Spending for hospital and physician and clinical services grew at similar rates as they did in 2004...
Health spending by state of residence, 1991-2004Anne B Martin
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:w651-63. 2007....
Monitoring health spending increases: incremental budget analyses reveal challenging tradeoffsMicah Hartman
Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS, Baltimore, MD 21244 1850, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 28:41-52. 2006..With the implementation of Part D in 2006, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget projects that Federal budget pressures will heighten, bringing increased attention to Medicare's long-term fiscal outlook...
U.S. Health spending by age, selected years through 2004Micah Hartman
National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:w1-w12. 2008..The future age-mix is expected to have a major impact on nursing home spending growth while minimally affecting overall Medicare spending growth...
National health spending in 2006: a year of change for prescription drugsAaron Catlin
National Health Statistics Group, CMS Office of the Actuary, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:14-29. 2008..The implementation of Medicare Part D caused a major shift in the distribution of payers for prescription drugs, as Medicare played a larger role in drug purchases than it had before...
National health spending in 2004: recent slowdown led by prescription drug spendingCynthia Smith
Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:186-96. 2006....
