Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Children's Healthcare Spending Trends


·         Spending for children ages 0-18 covered by employer-sponsored insurance grew 5.7%/year 2010-2013.

·         Per capita spending for children reached $2,574 by 2013, a $391 increase from 2010.

·         Spending for health care for teen girls ($2834) was higher than for teen boys ($2,661).

·         The average price of an inpatient admission for a child increased by $744 in 1 year, hitting $14,685 in 2013.

·         The biggest decline in ER visits in 2013 was for teenage boys (a decline of 11 per 1,000 teen boys).

·         $4,813 was spent per capita for babies in 2013.

Source: Health Care Cost Institute, July 8, 2015

No comments:

Post a Comment