title: Inflation spurs health spending in 2000.
authors.affiliation: National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Levit
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lazenby
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic / Q000639:trends*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States