Objective To provide guidance on selecting the most appropriate price index for adjusting
health expenditures or costs for inflation. Data Sources Major price index series produced by …

TOTAL HEALTH CARE spending reached 17.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in
2013, and that share is expected to continue to grow signifi cantly, according to the Centers …

Medical care expenditures per capita in the United States is larger and rising faster relative
to other developed countries (see Chernew and Newhouse 2012; Chandra and Skinner …

This study introduces a new framework for measuring and analyzing medical-care
expenditures. The framework focuses on expenditures at the disease level that are …

The large and growing share of GDP allocated to medical care has prompted greater focus
on producing health statistics that provide more detailed information on the sources of …

To better understand productivity and inflation in the health sector, health economists have
advocated tracking the cost of treatment by disease over time. However, there are several …

Abstract The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is releasing an experimental disease based
price index series. This article starts by explaining the reasons for generating these type of …

Abstract In 2012, the Massachusetts Legislature passed Chapter 224, crafted in reaction to
high and rising healthcare costs that threatened access to healthcare and the state's fiscal …

Background National health expenditures and health care prices are routinely measured
according to type of service, such as hospital care, physician care, or prescription drugs. The …

Objective To provide guidelines to researchers measuring health expenditures by disease
and compare these methodologies' implied inflation estimates. Data Source A convenience …