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May 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that growth rates of GDP and national health spending are converging, health care prices accelerated in April amid slowing overall inflation, and health care job growth was consistent with Q1 2023.

June 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending growth exceeds GDP growth for the third month, health care price and utilization growth continue upward trends, and health care adds 52,000 jobs in May, consistent with the 12-month average.

July 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending growth continues to increase due to higher utilization, price growth and economywide inflation slowed in June, and job growth continued at a pace near its 12-month average.

August 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that health spending as a percent of GDP has stabilized near 17.5%, health care price growth and economywide inflation recently converged, and the health sector added over 60,000 jobs in July.

September 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that health sector jobs increased by the greatest amount since the initial pandemic recovery, health care price and utilization growth fell slightly, and health spending growth continues to be led by utilization over prices.

October 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that health sector job growth slowed down somewhat after a brief surge, health care price growth stabilized, and health spending as a percent of GDP fell slightly after new BEA data revisions.

November 2023 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending continues to outpace GDP growth, hospital prices jump upward as economywide inflation cools, and health care job growth makes up a greater share of economywide job increases.

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Event

February 06 - February 09, 2023

Altarum to Present at Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators Conference

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and Altarum partnered to identify best practices in organizing collaborative approaches to addressing food and nutrition insecurity, such as food policy councils, food charters and plans, and State Nutrition Action Councils (SNACs), as well as which policy, systems, and environmental change strategies are most promising for groups to implement. We will present results of this assessment in the 2023 ASNNA Conference session “Addressing Food and Nutrition Insecurity through Collaborative Partnerships” on Tuesday, February 7th.

Event

February 23 - February 24, 2023

Altarum to Present at 2023 Health Datapalooza

Altarum Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Laura Sankey will join an expert panel at AcademyHealth’s 2023 Health Datapalooza. “How Can the Healthcare Industry Address Dirty Data?” will discuss the importance of ensuring data quality and data sharing across federal agencies, payers, and other health care stakeholders.