title: Impact of the recession on Minnesota's health care market.
abstract: Historically, health care spending has not been very sensitive to short-term economic disruptions. However, data show some notable changes in health care spending and utilization since the recession of 2007-2008 both nationally and in Minnesota. This article presents trends emerging from that data and discusses potential reasons for them. It also highlights other factors such as structural changes in health care delivery that were occurring before, during, and after the economic downturn, that might account for the trends.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Department of Health, USA.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gildemeister
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krohmer
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D057172:Economic Recession; D005544:Forecasting; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000639:trends