Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 23
HEALTH CARE SPENDING SLOWS, BUT STILL SKYROCKETS
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Article Overview
This article reviews a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change on how privately insured health spending changed over time, with attention to broad spending categories such as prescription drugs and physician services. It is useful for readers tracking health care cost trends, payer environment context, and health system research findings.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding spending growth trends helps readers place current health care costs in context and follow major shifts affecting payers, providers, and pharmaceutical spending.
What You Will Learn
- How privately insured health spending changed in the reported year compared with prior years
- How prescription drug spending growth compared with earlier periods
- How physician spending growth fit into broader health spending trends
- What the report suggests about overall health care cost trends
Who Should Read This
- Health care administrators
- Medical coders
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Health policy readers
- Payers and insurers
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