Today BEA is introducing new experimental data that map our health care estimates in gross domestic product to the framework of CMS’ National Health Expenditures Account, allowing researchers to get an earlier look at 2022 health care spending numbers. The experimental data show health care spending in 2022 rose to more than $4.3 trillion, while the share of GDP declined to 17.1 percent, from a 17.5 percent share in 2021.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis today updated its supplemental health care statistics with an improved methodology that shows the growing role of prescription drug rebates over two decades. After subtracting the rebates, BEA's estimate of health care spending in 2020 was reduced by $158 billion, or 5.3 percent, from the previous estimate for 2020.
The Health Care Satellite Account measures spending on treatment of medical conditions, such as cancer or diabetes. This more-detailed, disease-centered view supplements BEA's traditional economic statistics for a deeper understanding of health care spending patterns and policies.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis today released estimates for 2020 that measure health care spending by medical condition. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, spending on infectious and parasitic diseases amounted to more than $222 billion, growing $83.3 billion over 2019, according to the statistics in BEA’s Health Care Satellite Account.
However, spending decreased for 15 of the account’s 18 disease categories in 2020, likely reflecting temporary closures of non-emergency health care settings because of the pandemic and an increase in patients postponing non-emergency care.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis for the first time released statistics that provide information on how much Americans spend to treat more than 200 specific medical conditions, such as acute myocardial infarctions, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis.
The new statistics, which cover the years 2000 through 2014, are part of BEA’s Health Care Satellite Account created in 2015. The project offers a new way of analyzing health care spending by breaking out spending by the treatment of disease, rather than by place of service such as a hospital or doctor’s office.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a new set of statistics detailing how much the United States spends to treat different diseases and medical conditions.
The statistics, part of BEA’s Health Care Satellite Account created in 2015, offer a new way of looking at health care spending. They break out spending by the treatment of disease, such as circulatory diseases or cancers, rather than by place of service, such as hospital or doctor’s office. The newly released statistics update previous estimates and cover the year 2014.
Researchers studying the hot topic of rising health care costs face a complicated choice: which price index to use.
There’s an array of government inflation indexes that differ in scope, formula and data sources. Choosing the right one can be critical to your research findings.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a fresh set of statistics Wednesday detailing how much the United States spends to treat different diseases and medical conditions.
The numbers, which cover 2013, offer new insights into health care, which accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. economy.
Health care is an industry that many of us experience firsthand, whether receiving treatment for an illness or injury or simply getting an annual check-up. In the third quarter of 2015, health care and social assistance was the second-leading contributor to the 2 percent increase in the U.S. economy’s growth, providing 0.38 percentage point to real GDP.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released today statistics providing information on health care spending and price trends in the United States for 2011 and 2012. On January 22, BEA for the first time released statistics showing how much is spent in the United States to treat different diseases and medical conditions as well as trends in health care prices for 2000 through 2010. The new data are available on BEA's website in section called the Health Care Satellite Account.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a fresh set of statistics Wednesday detailing how much the United States spends to treat different diseases and medical conditions.