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December 2016 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

December 13, 2016 | Economic Indicators

National health spending in October 2016 grew at an annual rate of 5.5%, driven up by the hospital component (6.6% growth) and dampened by prescription drugs (3.5% growth).

November 2016 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

November 11, 2016 | Economic Indicators

Health care added 30,500 jobs in October, a bit less than the 12-month average of 34,600 jobs. By several metrics, health job growth peaked in mid-2015 and has been slowing gradually through 2016.

Sustainable U.S. Health Spending in the Next Administration

October 14, 2016 | Transcript

Monograph of Altarum's 6th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 12, 2016 in Washington DC.

October 2016 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

October 14, 2016 | Economic Indicators

At a $3.40 trillion annual rate, national health spending in August 2016 was 5.5% higher than health spending in August 2015.

September 2016 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

September 09, 2016 | Economic Indicators

Health care added 14,000 jobs in August, the lowest level of growth since April 2014 when the acceleration in hiring, fueled by expanded coverage, began.

Correcting for the 2007 MEPS Discontinuity in Medical Condition Spending and Treated Prevalence

August 16, 2016 | Research Brief

Under a contract with the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Altarum has updated estimates of spending by medical condition that were first published in 2009 and that covered the years 1996 through 2005.

August 2016 Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs

August 12, 2016 | Economic Indicators

National health spending in June 2016 was 5.2% higher than in June 2015, totaling $3.36 trillion (seasonally adjusted annual rate).

Sustainable U.S. Health Spending in the Next Administration

July 21, 2016 | Multimedia

Video recording of Altarum's 6th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 12, 2016 in Washington DC.