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Sustainable U.S. Health Spending: Serious Issues—Sound Policy Solutions

December 12, 2018 | Report

Monograph of Altarum's 8th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 12, 2018 in Washington DC.

November 2018 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

November 15, 2018 | Economic Indicators

See the latest data on health spending, price, and labor growth.

October 2018 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

October 16, 2018 | Economic Indicators

See the latest data on health spending, price, and labor growth.

Health Sector Trend Report, September 2018

October 05, 2018 | Trend Reports

This quarterly report examines current trends in US health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment.

September 2018 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

September 14, 2018 | Economic Indicators

This month's Health Sector Economic Indicator Briefs show modest growth in national health care spending and annual health care prices.

August 2018 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

August 08, 2018 | Economic Indicators

Altarum's current estimate of annualized national health spending for the first five months of 2018 is 0.67 percent higher than previously estimated, at $3.61 trillion, and hospital care spending is now 2.04 percent higher, year to date (as of May)...

Sustainable Health Spending: Serious Issues—Sound Policy Solutions

July 26, 2018 | Multimedia

Video recording of Altarum's 8th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 12, 2018, in Washington, DC.

July 2018 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

July 18, 2018 | Economic Indicators

In May 2018, national health spending was 4.4% higher than it was in May 2017 at $3.62 trillion (seasonally adjusted annual rate).