title: Health spending projections through 2017: the baby-boom generation is coming to Medicare.
abstract: The outlook for national health spending calls for continued steady growth. Spending growth is projected to be 6.7 percent in 2007, similar to its rate in 2006. Average annual growth over the projection period is expected to be 6.7 percent. Slower growth in private spending toward the end of the period is expected to be offset by stronger growth in public spending. The health share of gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase to 16.3 percent in 2007 and then rise throughout the projection period, reaching 19.5 percent of GDP by 2017.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keehan
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sisko
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Truffer
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poisal
authors.forename: M Kent
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Clemens
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014481:United States