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Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008

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Topics: Cost-effectiveness | Employer-Sponsored Coverage | Individual Coverage | Medicaid | Medicare | Out-of-Pocket | Spending

An article in Health Affairs examines the slow growth of health care spending in the U.S. in 2008, impacting all payers, price and nonprice factors, while the share of health care spending as a portion of the GDP increased.

Hartman, M., Martin, A., Nuccio, O. and Catlin, A. (2010). Health spending growth at a historic low in 2008. Health Affairs, 29(1): 147-155. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0839. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/1/147 exit disclaimer small icon 

Authors:Micah Hartman, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin


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