Fastest-growing industry sectors in healthcare, 2018
A one-page list of the nation's healthcare spending in 13 industry sectors—alongside the national health expenditure average—analyzed in aggregate and ranked by percentage change in spending from 2015 to 2016. Source: CMS' Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. Published January 1, 2018, p. 34.
This list includes the following data points:
- Hospital care
- Physician and clinical services
- Dental services
- Home healthcare
- Nursing-care facilities/continuing care retirement communities
- Prescription drugs at retail
- Durable medical equipment
- Management of medicine administration
- Health insurance (based on net cost)
- Public health activity
- Testing
- Structures and equipment
Spending by source:
- Out of pocket
- Private health insurance
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Other health insurance programs
- Other third-party payers and programs/government public health activities
- Investment
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