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Health care cost growth among the privately insured.

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Bundorf, MK; Royalty, A; Baker, LC
Published in: Health affairs (Project Hope)
September 2009

Controlling health care cost growth remains a high priority for policymakers and private decisionmakers, yet little is known about sources of this growth. We examined spending growth among the privately insured between 2001 and 2006, separating the contributions of price changes from those driven by consumption. Most spending growth was driven by outpatient services and pharmaceuticals, with growth in quantities explaining the entire growth in outpatient spending and about three-quarters of growth in spending on prescription drugs. Rising prices played a greater role in growth in spending for brand-name than for generic drugs. These findings can inform efforts to control private- sector spending.

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Health affairs (Project Hope)

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EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

September 2009

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1294 / 1304

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Private Sector
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Health Care Costs
  • Drug Costs
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
 

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Bundorf, M. K., Royalty, A., & Baker, L. C. (2009). Health care cost growth among the privately insured. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 28(5), 1294–1304. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1294
Bundorf, M Kate, Anne Royalty, and Laurence C. Baker. “Health care cost growth among the privately insured.Health Affairs (Project Hope) 28, no. 5 (September 2009): 1294–1304. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1294.
Bundorf MK, Royalty A, Baker LC. Health care cost growth among the privately insured. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2009 Sep;28(5):1294–304.
Bundorf, M. Kate, et al. “Health care cost growth among the privately insured.Health Affairs (Project Hope), vol. 28, no. 5, Sept. 2009, pp. 1294–304. Epmc, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1294.
Bundorf MK, Royalty A, Baker LC. Health care cost growth among the privately insured. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2009 Sep;28(5):1294–1304.

Published In

Health affairs (Project Hope)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

September 2009

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1294 / 1304

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Private Sector
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Health Care Costs
  • Drug Costs
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems