Sentences with phrase «u.s. health care consumers»

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For comparison, the world's largest health - care consumer, the U.S., splashed $ 466.6 billion in 2017 and Japan spent $ 84.8 billion in the same year.

Some of the biggest question marks: possible shifts in the U.S. consumer's save - versus - spend mentality, soaring household indebtedness and the increasing strain on a health - care system that's already struggling.

The Minnesota - based UnitedHealth is a giant network of health - care professionals that offers products and insurance plans to millions of U.S. consumers.

In particular, we continue to see strong fundamentals and reasonable valuations in U.S. equities, and we continue to favor cyclically - oriented sectors such as Consumer Discretionary, Financials, and Industrials, along with Health Care.

After our first - quarter - 2011 review of U.S. Equity Sector ETFs, We determine that the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors are the best places to shop due to their Attractive Overall Risk / Reward ratings.

Also at 11 a.m., New York elected officials, unions, advocates, community organizations, grass - roots groups and impacted consumers hold a press conference to discuss the impact of the U.S. Senate's health care bill, state Capitol, Albany.

Consumer price comparison is almost nonexistent in the U.S. health care system, but a new study shows that when given the choice between a less costly «open» operation or a pricier laparoscopy for their children's appendicitis, parents were almost twice as likely to choose the less expensive procedure — when they were aware of the cost difference.

This gap and the challenges it poses for American consumers, policymakers, and business leaders was a major impetus for healthcare reform in the U.S., including delivery reforms implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act,» said senior author Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard Chan School and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI).

As of March 30, 2015, the majority (53.3 %) of HEWG is invested in the consumer discretionary, financials and health care sectors, which can provide investors exposure to the potential U.S. demand for German goods and services *.

Back when the Canadian dollar was trading roughly at par with the U.S. dollar (and briefly above it), it was a great opportunity for Canadian investors to diversify outside of the Canadian equity market to buy world - class U.S. stocks in sectors underrepresented in Canada: technology, health care, pharmaceuticals, consumer staples and the like.

The fund had top equivalent positions in the iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Growth ETF (JKE; average weight of 28.1 %), iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (ITOT; 16.4 %); Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR; 12.1 %), iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK; 11.5 %), Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT; 8.9 %), and Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE; 5.7 %).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week introduced Hospital Compare, a Web site that provides healthcare consumers with information on how well the hospitals in their area care for adult patients with certain medical conditions.

The major U.S. stock indexes are mostly higher in early trading as gains by health care and consumer - goods companies offset losses elsewhere.

A future in which a significant number of health care consumers in the U.S. are prescribed or incentivized to pursue physical - activity - based behavior - change interventions for preventive care and self - maintenance — interventions that are readily accessible, delivered by trusted members of the patient - centered team, reimbursable by payers, and integrated into patient records.