This brief highlights spending by age and service category in 2022 among people with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI).
Key Findings:
-Spending per person at $25,000 in the first year of life.
-Although overall inpatient spending increases with age, we find different patterns of utilization by age across inpatient service categories.
-Although overall outpatient spending increases with age, we find different patterns of utilization by age across service categories.
-Although spending for overall professional spending increases with age, we observe different utilization patterns by age variations across types of office visits.