title: Tracking health care costs: hospital spending spurs double-digit increase in 2001.
abstract: This Data Bulletin is based on data from the Milliman USA Health Cost Index ($0 deductible), which is designed to reflect claims increases faced by private insurers; the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Educational Trust survey of employer-based health plans for 1999- 2002; the KPMG survey of employer-based plans for 1991-98; and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment, Hours and Earnings series to track payroll costs and Hospital Producer Price Index to track hospital prices.
mesh_terms: D017047:Cost Sharing / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States