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Health Sector Trend Report, October 2017

October 26, 2017 | Trend Reports

These reports, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provide a monthly summary of key trends in health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment.

Beyond the ACA: Health Policy and Sustainable Health Spending

October 24, 2017 | Transcript

Monograph of Altarum's 7th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 18, 2017 in Washington DC.

October 2017 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

October 11, 2017 | Economic Indicators

Fueled by health policy uncertainty and structural health sector changes, health care price growth in August rose by only 1.2% compared to a year earlier.

Health Sector Trend Report, September 2017

September 25, 2017 | Trend Reports

These reports, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provide a monthly summary of key trends in health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment.

September 2017 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

September 08, 2017 | Economic Indicators

This month's Health Sector Economic Indicator Briefs show a leveling off of the hiring jump experienced in the last few months, as well as continued slow price and spending growth.

The Economic Benefits of Preventing Childhood Lead Exposure

August 30, 2017 | Report

10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure, a report by the Health Impact Project, examines the issue and calls for more institutional action.

Health Sector Trend Report, August 2017

August 28, 2017 | Trend Reports

These reports, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provide a monthly summary of key trends in health care spending, prices, utilization, and employment.

August 2017 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

August 11, 2017 | Economic Indicators

This month's Health Sector Economic Indicator Briefs reduce estimates of national health spending by 0.57% for all of 2016 and 0.65% for the first 5 months of 2017.