title: Aging plays limited role in health care cost trends.
abstract: This Data Bulletin analyzes changes in an aging index that measures the extent to which average health care spending per person under age 65 changes from year to year due solely to the aging of the U.S. population, while holding all other cost drivers constant.
authors.forename: Bradley C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005544:Forecasting; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States