Center for Sustainable Health Spending

Altarum headquarters in Ann Arbor. Photo by Dwight Burdette via Wikimedia Commons.

October Health Spending Growth Heads Lower

National health expenditures in October 2012 grew by 3.5 percent relative to October 2011, down two-tenths from the September rate, and representing the sixth consecutive month of below 4 percent growth.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/10

Health Spending Grows By Only 3.8 Percent In May

Health spending in May 2012 grew by a modest 3.8 percent compared to May 2011, continuing a trend of roughly 4 percent annual growth since 2009.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/12

February Health Price Inflation Lowest in 14 Years

Health care prices rose just 1.8 percent in February 2012, the lowest rate of inflation since April 1998. Price growth for nearly all health categories moderated, especially hospital care and physician services.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/04/12

2011 Health Spending Growth Remains Near Historic Lows

New analysis shows that health care spending in the U.S. in 2011 grew at one of the slowest rates in 50 years.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/02/09

Health Spending Growth Up In 2011, But Trending To Record Lows at Year’s End

The January Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by the Altarum Institute indicate that over the first 11 months of 2011, health spending has grown at an annual rate of 4.5 percent, compared to the 3.9 percent increase for 2010. This growth was driven by high spending early in 2011 followed by a gradual, steady decline.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/01/15

Health Sector Has Quiet Month: Price, Spending, Employment Growth All Down

The December Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released today by Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending indicate that October health price inflation, at 1.9 percent, represents a 13-year low; health spending growth in October ticked down to 5.0 percent, and health employment in November exhibited below-average growth of 17,000 jobs.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/12/08

Health Care Prices Continue Slow Growth in April at 2 Percent Annual Rate

Health care prices in April 2011 were just 2.0 percent higher than in April 2010 — the fourth consecutive month of 2 percent or less growth, according to this month’s Health Sector Economic Indicator report released by Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/06/16

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