title: Trends in U.S. health care spending, 2001.
abstract: U.S. health care spending grew 8.7 percent to $5,035 per capita in 2001. Total public funding continued to accelerate, increasing 9.4 percent and exceeding private funding growth by 1.2 percentage points. This acceleration was due in part to increased Medicaid spending in the midst of a recession and payment increases for Medicare providers. Prompted by sluggish economic growth and by faster-paced health spending, health spending's share of GDP spiked 0.8 percentage points in 2001 to 14.1 percent.
authors.affiliation: National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 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: Art
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sensenig
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catlin
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003625:Data Collection; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States