HCCI Reports
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2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Read more: 2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2014 Diabetes Health Care Cost and Utilization Report examines how much is spent on health care for adults and children with diabetes, where those dollars are spent, and how that compares to people without diabetes. It is based on the health care claims of more than 40 million Americans younger than 65 covered by…
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Children’s Health Spending Report 2010-2014
Read more: Children’s Health Spending Report 2010-2014Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2014 examines spending on health care for children covered by employer-sponsored insurance from 2010 to 2014. For the first time, HCCI analyzed children’s health care spending trends at the state level, reporting on Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia. Key…
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National Chartbook of Health Care Prices 2015
Read more: National Chartbook of Health Care Prices 2015The National Chartbook of Health Care Prices – 2015 and accompanying Health Affairs article “Prices For Common Medical Services Vary Substantially Among the Commercially Insured” illuminates differences in price for over 240 common medical services in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Among the commercially insured, wide variation in prices have some states paying…
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The Price-Quality Paradox in Health Care
Read more: The Price-Quality Paradox in Health CareThis data brief compares average state-level prices against quality measures for asthma, diabetes and hypertension care and finds that higher prices for medical services are not always indicative of higher quality of care.
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Spending on Shoppable Services in Health Care
Read more: Spending on Shoppable Services in Health CareThis issue brief examines health care spending on shoppable services in 2011. Contrary to expectations, giving consumers prices so they can shop for health care services may only have a modest effect on reducing health spending. Key Findings: In 2011, about 43% of the $524.2 billion spent on health care services for commercially insured people…
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2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician SpendingRead more: 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report tracks changes in health care prices, utilization, and spending for people younger than 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). The 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured person grew 3.4% in 2014, with more dollars going to brand-name drugs than…
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Healthy Marketplace Index – 2015
Read more: Healthy Marketplace Index – 2015The Healthy Marketplace Index is a series of metrics that measure the economic performance of health care markets across the country. The HMI was developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Healthy Marketplace Index Report (HMI) shows the economic performance of more than 40 health care markets across the country. Developed by the…
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Taking the Pulse of Health Care Markets
Read more: Taking the Pulse of Health Care MarketsThis data brief discusses patterns in the price and utilization indices reported in the 2015 Healthy Marketplace Index Report.
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Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2013
Read more: Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2013Children’s Health Spending: 2010–2013 shows that spending on healthcare for children (ages 0-18) covered by employer-sponsored insurance grew an average of 5.7% per year. The increase in spending in 2013 occurred despite a drop in the use of prescription drugs and visits to the emergency room, demonstrating that rising health care prices were an evident…
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Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013
Read more: Per Capita Health Care Spending on Diabetes: 2009-2013This issue brief examines health care spending for adults and children with diabetes relative to those without diabetes, both in terms of total per capita health care spending and out-of-pocket costs from 2009-2013. Key Findings: In 2013, $14,999 was spent per capita on health care for people with diabetes. Per capita health care spending for…