Health
Affairs recently published an article on
healthcare spending in 2015. Here are some key findings from the report:
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Total US healthcare spending
increased 5.8% and reached $3.2 trillion in 2015.
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Spending on health care increased 5%
per capita, reaching $9,990 in 2015.
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The share of GDP devoted to health
care spending was 17.8% in 2015.
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Spending for private health insurance
increased 7.2% in 2015.
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Hospital care spending increased 5.6%
in 2015.
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Spending on physician and clinical
services increased 6.3% in 2015.
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Source:
Health
Affairs, December, 2016
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