Health care indicators. Hospital, employment, and price indicators for the health care industry--third quarter 1995

Statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, are presented. Key 3rd quarter 1995 trends include: 1. There has been little or no acceleration in personal health care spending through the 3rd quarter of 1995, when compar...

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Published in:Health care financing review 1996, Vol.17 (3), p.269-306
Main Authors: Sensenig, A L, Heffler, S K, Donham, C S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Business indicators
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S
Child
Child, Preschool
Consumer Price Index
Data Collection
Drug prices
Economic indicators
Economic statistics
Employment
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Employment - trends
Financing, Personal - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Personal - trends
Generic drugs
Growth rate
Health care expenditures
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures - trends
Home Care Agencies - economics
Home Care Agencies - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Hospitals, Community - economics
Hospitals, Community - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Community - trends
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Infant
Managed Care: Advances in Financing
Medicaid
Medical equipment
Medicare
Medicare - economics
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Outpatient care facilities
Personal health
Prescription drugs
Producer Price Index-US
Statistical data
Trends
United States
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Summary:Statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, are presented. Key 3rd quarter 1995 trends include: 1. There has been little or no acceleration in personal health care spending through the 3rd quarter of 1995, when compared with the same 3 quarters of 1994. 2. Total patient revenue and hospital utilization both accelerated moderately in the first 3 quarters of 1995 compared with the same period in 1994. 3. After decelerating rapidly during the past few years, consumer prices for medical care services have moderated in recent quarters, following the recent trend of overall prices.
ISSN:0195-8631
1554-9887