The U.S. Health Disadvantage And The Role Of Spending

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/06/01/the-u-s-health-disadvantage-and-the-role-of-spending/

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Each week it seems, more evidence emerges regarding the poor health of Americans. We first documented a “U.S. health disadvantage” as chair and study director of the panel on understanding cross-national health differences among high-income countries at the National Academies in 2013.

Our panel’s report Shorter Lives, Poorer Health showed that, as long ago as 1980, the United States began to take a different path in terms of the health and survival of its population. We found evidence that the U.S  health disadvantage compared to other countries existed among Americans at every age below 75, among all races/ethnicities, and among both men and women—but especially among women. We even found evidence of a health disadvantage among white, college-educated, non-obese, non-smoking, and health-insured Americans.

Altarum Institute Center for Sustainable Health Spending – Health Sector Trend Report – March 2016

Click to access Altarum%20RWJF%20Trend%20Report%20March%202016_1.pdf

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In Annual Baseline Budget Projections, CBO Decreases Marketplace Enrollment Estimates (Update)

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/03/25/in-annual-baseline-budget-projections-cbo-decreases-marketplace-enrollment-estimates/

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Retail Clinics Increase Medical Spending, Research Shows

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/retail-clinics-increase-medical-spending-research-shows#

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By creating a new demand for previously unmet medical services, retail clinics are driving up medical spending, a study from RAND Corporation and Harvard University concludes. But one of the nation’s largest retail clinic chains, MinuteClinic, refutes the findings.

What Accounts For The Lower Growth In Health Care Spending?

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/18/what-accounts-for-the-lower-growth-in-health-care-spending/

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Marshall J. Seidman Lecture in Health Policy

http://www.brookings.edu/research/speeches/2015/11/02-seidman-lecture-harvard-elmendorf

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U.S. Healthcare spending accounts for 18.2% of GDP

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/healthcare-spending-accounts-for-182-of-gdp/407252/

Click to access CSHS-Spending-Brief_October_2015_0.pdf

The winners and losers in Massachusetts’ latest health care spending report card

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2015/09/the-winners-and-losers-in-massachusetts-latest.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150914

Three factors driving health-spending growth

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/three-factors-driving-health-spending-growth

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