title: National health spending in 2013: growth slows, remains in step with the overall economy.
abstract: In 2013 US health care spending increased 3.6 percent to $2.9 trillion, or $9,255 per person. The share of gross domestic product devoted to health care spending has remained at 17.4 percent since 2009. Health care spending decelerated 0.5 percentage point in 2013, compared to 2012, as a result of slower growth in private health insurance and Medicare spending. Slower growth in spending for hospital care, investments in medical structures and equipment, and spending for physician and clinical care also contributed to the low overall increase.
authors.affiliation: Micah Hartman (micah.hartman@cms.hhs.gov) is a statistician in the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Micah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.affiliation: Anne B. Martin is an economist in the CMS Office of the Actuary.
authors.forename: Anne B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: David Lassman is a statistician in the CMS Office of the Actuary.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lassman
authors.affiliation: Aaron Catlin is a deputy director of the National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catlin
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D059066:Gross Domestic Product / Q000639:trends*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States
keywords: Affordable Care Act; Cost of Health Care; Financing Health Care; Health Spending