How Has U.S. Spending on Health Care Changed Over Time?
This chart collection explores National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including the latest data from 2024.
Health System Performance
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The Right Care at the Right Time: Are Retail Clinics Meeting a Need?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and WellPoint, Inc. discuss the role of urgent care centers and retail clinics emerging within the health care system.
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How have healthcare prices grown in the U.S. over time?
FeatureThis chart collection explores price increases in private insurance for common services over time and finds significant geographic variation in prices. For example, the average price of a full knee replacement for those in large employer plans increased from $19,595 in 2003 to $34,063 in 2016, growth of 74% compared to a 28% increase in general inflation. The average price of a knee replacement in New York City is more than twice the price of the same procedure in the Louisville, Kentucky area.
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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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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare Spending: A Look at Present, Short-Term and Long-Term Trends
News ReleaseThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides an overview of Medicare spending, including information on current federal spending relative to other government programs (e.g., Social Security) and percent-share of spending across Medicare services, as well as projected Medicare spending over the next decade and beyond.
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How do U.S. healthcare prices and use compare to other countries?
FeatureIn general, people in the United States use the health system less than people in comparable countries, and services in the U.S. are consistently more expensive than in countries of similar size and wealth. This slideshow examines price and utilization of several healthcare services, including magnetic resonance imaging, caesarian sections, angioplasty surgery and coronary bypass surgery, through data from the International Federation of Health Plans and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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What is behind the recent slowdown in health spending?
FeatureThis slideshow charts the recent slowdown in health spending in the United States and other industrialized nations. Some possible causes include economic factors and structural changes to the U.S. health system, such as higher cost sharing in private health insurance and lower payments to providers by Medicare and other public programs.
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How Does Health Spending in the U.S. Compare to Other Countries?
FeatureThis chart collection compares health care spending in the U.S. and other industrialized countries, including data on health spending per person and the growth rate in recent years and over time.
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New Tracker Monitors the Performance of the U.S. Health System
News ReleaseThe Kaiser Family Foundation, in partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare, today announced a new online hub dedicated to monitoring and assessing the performance of the U.S. health system.
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How do U.S. healthcare resources compare to other countries?
FeatureThis slideshow examines the U.S. health care system and its resources in comparison with other industrialized countries. The data examine the relative number of hospital beds, doctors and nurses in the U.S. and other countries, as well as the availability and use of MRI machines as an example of medical technology.