Health Care Spending

Health Spending Growth Historically Low For 4th Straight Year

Over the first 11 months of 2012, national health expenditures grew at an annual rate of 4.3 percent, compared to the 3.9 percent increase for 2011 reflected in data released last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/15

September Health Spending and Price Growth Near Record Lows

National health expenditures in September 2012 grew by 3.7 percent relative to September 2011, ticking down a tenth from the August rate, and representing the fifth consecutive month of below 4 percent growth. At 4 percent, the average monthly rate of growth in spending, year-to-date is barely above the all-time low rate of 3.8 percent recorded in 2009.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/08

Truven Study: Hospital Employees Less Healthy, More Likely To Be Hospitalized

Physician, good luck healing thyself. Health care spending is 9 percent higher for hospital employees than it is for the general employee population, according to study results released today by Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/15

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

August Health Spending Grows by Only 3.8 Percent But Hospital Prices Jump

National health expenditures in August 2012 grew by 3.8 percent relative to August 2011, equal to the July rate, and representing the fourth consecutive month of growth below 4 percent. The 2012 average rate of growth in spending at 4.1 percent is down sharply from the estimated 2011 average of 5.2 percent and helps alleviate fears of a new acceleration in overall health spending.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/11

Health Job Growth Slows in April, But Spending and Prices Remain Stable

Health care job growth slowed in April, with just 19,000 new jobs created compared to the 24-month average of 24,000 jobs, according to Ann Arbor’s Altarum Institute.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/10

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 Spending Trends Up In 2011 Despite Slow Growth In Health Care Prices

Health care spending in the first four months of 2011 grew at an annual rate of 4.7 percent, up from 3.9 percent growth in 2010, according to the July Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/07/17

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