Sentences with phrase «of health care expenditures»

To make this adjustment, we assumed the self - insured / self administered health plans and TPAs have the average revenue of the health plans contained in the SIC code, and then added those assumed revenues to the SIC code and to the total of all health care expenditures.

Since more then one - tenth of all health care expenditures in the United States in 2002 were attributable to diabetes, this finding raises important questions about whether the higher cost actually translates into improved care.

The type of outpatient emergency department use that may be affected by PCMH practices is not a main driver of health care expenditures when compared to inpatient hospital admissions and skilled nursing care.»

Prominent among these is a secular decline in the share of health care expenditures paid out - of - pocket by consumers, lessening the motivation for precautionary savings.

The USA grew less than other countries studied in 2012, despite a slight rebound of health care expenditure growth, according to new data released by OECD at the same time as this paper.

Significantly increasing the chance of adverse health outcomes, preeclampsia accounts for over $ 2.18 billion of health care expenditure in the first 12 months after birth.

Not exact matches

«I don't believe sustainability of the current OAS program is a major issue since the growing OAS expenditures will be minor relative to the rising cost of health care,» he said.

The expenditures in health care as a proportion of governmental budget is going up and up and up — it's close to 50 % in each province — but total government spending has come down.

Most of the value of the tax break goes to middle - income taxpayers, based on the 2016 average per - person health - care expenditure (see chart for illustration).

In 2013, a person making $ 63,000 (before taxes) spent an average of $ 49,000 to $ 51,000 on housing, transportation, food, insurance, entertainment, childcare, health care and other expenditures.

Intensive care costs about $ 10,000 for a typical stay and accounts for 4 percent of national health care expenditures, according to research cited by Chang's team.

As people transition into retirement, the cost of health care becomes a bigger overall expenditure, and it is important to have medical centers that are easily accessible and reputable.

The governor of Indiana is one of the most articulate, down to earth and straight - forward advocates of conservatism, especially with regard to the troubled sustainability of our deficits regarding the long - term liabilities pertaining to our current and future health care expenditures (as evidenced in his response to the president's State of the Union address).

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife - led birth centers, the nation's C - section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health care expenditures and numbers of cesarean deliveries.

Having seized power through the electoral college used to elect the President of the United States, Donald Trump now intends to redeploy federal power away from civilian to military expenditures, to dismantle health care and other forms of income support, and to advance a neoliberal environment fostering business activity and investment.

The Comptroller shall review all revenue estimates and expenditure estimates for Medicaid, public assistance and pension contributions and health care insurance costs for County employees to be used in the proposed tentative budget prepared by the County Executive and submit to the Legislature in writing by the 15th of October a report indicating whether or not such estimates are suitable estimates for the upcoming fiscal year.

On or before the 1st day of October the County Executive shall submit to the Comptroller all revenue estimates and expenditure estimates for Medicaid, public assistance, and pension contributions and health care insurance costs for County employees to be used in the proposed budget.

Americans spend $ 30.2 billion out - of - pocket on complementary health approaches annually, a substantial percentage of the $ 328.8 billion spent in total out - of - pocket health care expenditures, a new study says.

In Denmark, a country which, unlike the US, offers universal health care, which ought to be more expensive for the government, only spends about 16 % of its total expenditures on health care services See this: (Danish page, use google translate).

He was accused of «corrupt expenditure of N292 million» which he allegedly spent on health care training «without recourse to any appropriate approving authority.»

Litwin was followed on the list of top donors by the health care union 1199 SEIU, hedge fund manager James Simons, New York State United Teachers (which also managed an independent expenditure committee that spent millions of dollars on Senate races) and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

Intensive care costs about $ 10,000 for a typical stay and accounts for 4 percent of national health care expenditures, according to research cited by Chang's team.

Out - of - pocket medical expenses, inpatient and outpatient care, emergency room visits and prescription drugs all contribute to the added health care expenditures, with inpatient prescriptions contributing the most, An said.

By 2022 health care financed by federal, state, and local governments is projected to account for 49 percent of total national health expenditures and reach a total of $ 2.4 trillion.

In «The Economic Burden of Asthma in the United States, 2008 - 2013,» researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the most comprehensive source of data on health care use, expenditures, payment source and health insurance coverage in the U.S.

In the United States, health care expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product increased from 5.1 percent in 1960 to 17.1 percent in 2014.

The authors were particularly interested in education and health care, because education comprises 33.3 percent of state expenditures and Medicaid accounts for 17.2 percent.

Higher health - sector prices (eg, hospital care and prescription drugs) are thought to be the main driver of expenditure differences between the USA and other high - spending countries, and the authors highlight the progress that the USA has made in reducing the disparity between its health care spending and other high - income countries.

Recent years have seen efforts made to contain further growth in health - care expenditure in the US, with rates falling in line with those of other high - spending OECD countries.»

Though many policymakers point to the elderly as the biggest consumers of health care, it is actually those younger than 65 with chronic illnesses who account for two - thirds of expenditures.

The declining rate of growth in health care expenditure in the USA during this period is especially striking because, unlike the other five countries studied, during this period the USA started major reforms to expand health care coverage to a wider proportion of the population.

Medicare patients with poor prognosis cancers who received hospice care had significantly lower rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and invasive procedures at the end of life, along with significantly lower health care expenditures during the last year of life, according to a study in the November 12 issue of JAMA.

The research team used data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a set of large - scale surveys conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to find and collect data on health care services, usage and costs.

Three years ago, a U.S. National Academies committee recommended (in the report The Gathering Storm) doubling federal investment in basic research in math, the physical sciences, and engineering while, at a minimum, protecting the health sciences against inflation (the cost of which, in math, the physical sciences, and engineering, equals the amount by which the nation's expenditure on health care increases every 7 weeks).

Dr. Romero emphasized that the cost of preeclampsia goes beyond the short - term health care expenditures as women affected by this disorder are at an increased risk for early onset cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and hypertension, years and decades after delivery.

Other projects include an analysis of regional variations of cancer treatment in Texas, a study of the effect of smoking bans on hospitalization rates, and a study of whether shared savings programs for physicians can reduce overall patient health care expenditures.

Fourth, dismally low public spending on health has crippled the public sector and created large barriers in quality and access — the total expenditure on health in India fell from 4 · 5 % of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004 - 05 to 4 · 0 % of GDP in 2013 - 14, and most of this expenditure was out - of - pocket leading to catastrophic health care expenditure for millions.

The International Energy Agency estimates that an 80 % chance of keeping global warming to within 2C of pre-industrial temperatures would require investment of roughly $ 1 trillion per year up to 2050, about 10 % of existing expenditure on health care.

Then you have a public health policy, lost a few lives versus the chronic poor outcome, lost the quality of life, and health care expenditures, productivity, et cetera.

However, our medical system and hospitals continue to ignore this safe and inexpensive way to save thousands of lives, eliminate unnecessary suffering and dramatically reduce health care expenditures.

In one representative country, chronic pain takes up one - fifth of the entire health care expenditure, whereas in another it is three times as costly as all types of cancer together.59 One strategy which remains unexplored and could yield important insights is to combine a ketogenic diet with a known hypoalgesic pharmacological agent (e.g. amitriptyline) and note additive or synergistic effects, as have been noted for seizure control but only for some drugs.60

How Effective is Health Coaching in Reducing Health Services Expenditures, Medical Care, February 2015 A Systematic Review of the Literature on Health and Wellness Coaching, GAHM, July 2013

They also have the highest health - care expenditure of the developed nations.

According to Fonarow, «this study quantifies the degree to which preventing the onset of high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes can pay huge dividends in terms of lifelong health free from heart failure, cardiovascular disability, large health care expenditures, and premature cardiovascular death.»

As one of us (Roza has) observed, the best state policies would prevent districts both from «deficit spending» (which occurs due to pensions and retirement health care) and from obligating out - year expenditures — such as when they sign a five - year labor contract although there's ample uncertainty as to what revenues will look like in five years.

Health - care costs are highest for those with the least education, so the brief calculated savings by looking at lifetime Medicaid costs and health expenditures for those without insurance and the number of students who drop out of high sHealth - care costs are highest for those with the least education, so the brief calculated savings by looking at lifetime Medicaid costs and health expenditures for those without insurance and the number of students who drop out of high shealth expenditures for those without insurance and the number of students who drop out of high school.

Interim Superintendent, Dr. Bolgen Vargas, says as revenues shrink, expenditures are increasing in the area of health care and other benefits.

Our state - by - state estimates capture variation in costs and benefits due to factors such as population, income distribution, teacher salaries, crime rates, health care costs, tax burdens, and current expenditures on all levels of education, child welfare, criminal justice, and health care.

Warren calculates that after paying the family's fixed costs — taxes, the mortgage, car expenditures and health care --»70s Dad was still left with nearly half (46 %) of his paycheque.

Aside from the fact that it's pretty comprehensive — it allows you to enter several dozen expense items in eight broad spending categories — the tool also helps you see how much of your spending goes toward essentials (food, housing, health care, etc.) vs. discretionary expenditures (entertainment, dining out, charitable donations, etc.).