National health spending trends in 1996
National health spending trends in 1996
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1996年全国卫生支出趋势
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1998
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B. R. Braden
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K. Levit;H. Lazenby;B. R. Braden
序言：美国的个人医疗保健服务支出仍然远远高于任何其他工业化国家。(See卫生事务，1997年11月/12月，第163页，最新的国际卫生支出估计数。然而，在过去五年中，由于一般和医疗特定通货膨胀率较低，管理式医疗注册人数的增长以及医疗计划与供应商系统谈判折扣的能力因产能过剩而减弱，因此支出增长大幅放缓。当然，分析师们已经提出了一个重要问题：这种可喜的趋势会持续多久？最近的媒体报道称，健康保险保费正在上升，因为计划，特别是那些必须向华尔街提供盈利结果的计划，如果不增加保费，就无法继续运营。另一方面，私人和公共购买者已经习惯了这种稳定的溢价状态。现在竞争激烈的市场和它的锅...
PROLOGUE: Spending for personal health care services in the United States remains far higher than that of any other industrialized country. (See Health Affairs , November/December 1997, page 163, for the latest international health expenditure estimates.) Nevertheless, in the past five years spending increases have slowed dramatically, as a result of low general and medical-specific inflation, the growth of managed care enrollment, and the capacity of health plans to negotiate discounts from a provider system weakened by overcapacity. Of course, analysts are already asking a leading question: How long will this welcome trend last? Recent media reports have headlined that health insurance premiums are on the rise because plans, particularly those that must deliver profitable results to Wall Street, can no longer afford to operate without larger premium increases. On the other hand, private and public purchasers have become accustomed to this steady premium state. Now the competitive marketplace and its pot...