Haber S G, Newhouse J P
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1991 Fall;13(1):111-6.
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has importantly revised the methodology for estimating annual national health expenditures. Among other changes, the revisions estimated out-of-pocket spending directly, disaggregated expenditures to a greater degree, and reduced undercounting and double counting. Estimates of total spending and out-of-pocket spending changed. This article summarizes a meeting of a technical advisory panel, convened by HCFA, that reviewed the modifications adopted and made recommendations for future revisions.
医疗保健财务管理局（HCFA）对估算年度国家医疗支出的方法进行了重大修订。除其他变化外，这些修订直接估算了自付费用，在更大程度上对支出进行了分类，并减少了漏计和重复计算的情况。总支出和自付费用的估算发生了变化。本文总结了由HCFA召集的一个技术咨询小组的会议，该会议审查了所采用的修改内容，并为未来的修订提出了建议。
