title: Hospital, employment, and price indicators for the health care industry: first quarter 1999.
abstract: This feature presents highlights from statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, with brief analysis of these economic indicators. These statistics provide an early indication of changes occurring in the health care sector and within the general economy. Although most data are for the first quarter of 1999, American Hospital Association data (Tables 1 and 2) refer to the third quarter of 1998.
authors.affiliation: Office of Strategic Planning, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, USA. mseifert@hcfa.gov
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Heffler
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Donham
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000639:trends; D003625:Data Collection; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends*; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States