Health Sector Trend Report, November 2017

This report provides a monthly summary of key trends in U.S. health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment, based primarily upon data from Altarum's Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs (HSEI). Every March, June, September, and December, we issue an expanded version to coincide with the incorporation of the latest U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) in the HSEI data. In this November 2017 report, Q3 2017 spending estimates are based upon our own analysis of Advance QSS data, since they will not be reflected in HSEI until next month.

This report provides a monthly summary of key trends in U.S. health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment, based primarily upon data from Altarum's Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs (HSEI). Every March, June, September, and December, we issue an expanded version to coincide with the incorporation of the latest U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) in the HSEI data. In this November 2017 report, Q3 2017 spending estimates are based upon our own analysis of Advance QSS data, since they will not be reflected in HSEI until next month.