Levit K R, Cowan C A
Office of National Health Statistics, Baltimore, MD 21207.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1991 Winter;13(2):83-93.
This annual article presents information on health care costs by business, households, and government. Households funded 35 percent of expenditures in 1990, government 33 percent, and business, 29 percent. During the last decade, health care costs continued to grow at annual rates of 8 to 16 percent. Burden measures show that rapidly rising costs faced by each sponsor sector are exceeding increases in each sector's ability to fund them. Increased burden is particularly acute for business. The authors discuss the problems these rising costs pose for business, particularly small business, and some of the strategies businesses employ to constrain this cost growth.
这篇年度文章介绍了企业、家庭和政府的医疗保健成本信息。1990年，家庭承担了35%的支出，政府承担了33%，企业承担了29%。在过去十年中，医疗保健成本继续以每年8%至16%的速度增长。负担衡量指标显示，每个资助部门面临的成本快速上升超过了各部门为其提供资金能力的增长。企业的负担增加尤为严重。作者讨论了这些不断上升的成本给企业，尤其是小企业带来的问题，以及企业为限制成本增长所采用的一些策略。
