Medicare Spending: A Look at Current, Short-term, and Long-term Trends
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Health System Performance
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How Do Health Care Prices and Utilization in the United States Compare to Peer Nations?
Issue BriefThis updated chart collection compares indicators of health care utilization and prices in the United States and 11 similarly wealthy countries to investigate whether higher prices or higher utilization of health care services drives the high health care expenditures in the U.S. relative to peer nations.
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How Has the Quality of the U.S. Health Care System Changed Over Time?
Issue BriefThis chart collection examines five types of indicators: outcomes of treatment, provision of appropriate treatment, patient safety, preventive services, and health system capacity and workforce shortages. Measuring quality in health care is complex: a vast number of metrics are used to monitor health system performance since there is no singular definition of quality, and data is often limited and delayed.
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A Generation of Health Care in the United States: Has Value Improved in the Last 25 Years?
Issue BriefUsing data from the Health System Dashboard, a new analysis looks at trends in health spending and outcomes in the United States between 1991 and 2016.
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Updated Health Spending Explorer Features the Latest National Data
News ReleaseThe latest data on U.S. health spending are now available on the Health Spending Explorer, an interactive tool that allows users to explore trends in health expenditures by federal and local governments, insurers, service providers, and individuals.
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Measuring the Quality of Healthcare in the U.S.
Issue BriefThe quality of the U.S. health system is improving in many areas, but comparable countries continue to outperform the United States on key measures. In this brief on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, analysts from the Kaiser Family Foundation compile an overall picture of health care quality in the United States, using the best available data from numerous sources on health outcomes, quality of care, and access to services.
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What Do We Know About Infant Mortality in the U.S. and Comparable Countries?
FeatureAn updated slideshow examines infant mortality rates in the United States, including variations by race and ethnicity and comparisons with similar countries.
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Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients
Issue BriefThis brief describes gaps in data about hospital and health system finances and business practices that limit transparency for policymakers, researchers, and consumers. It examines data issues involving finances, debt collection practices, charity care, prices, ownership, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
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Medicaid Provides Support for Providers and Services in the Health Care System
FeatureMedicaid Provides Support for Providers and Services in the Health Care System Download Source CMS, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, National Health Expenditure Accounts, 2013.
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Charges for Emails with Doctors and other Healthcare Providers
Issue BriefPatient-provider email messaging accelerated early in the COVID-19 pandemic as more patients sought medical care remotely, and the addition of billing codes for digital health services and subsequent changes in insurers’ payment policies have enabled providers to bill insurers and patients for messaging.