Letsch S W, Lazenby H C, Levit K R, Cowan C A
Health Care Financing Administration.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1992 Winter;14(2):1-30.
Spending for health care rose to $751.8 billion in 1991, an increase of 11.4 percent from the 1990 level. National health expenditures as a share of gross domestic product increased to 13.2 percent, up from 12.2 percent in 1990. The health care sector exhibited strong growth, despite slow growth in the overall economy. This combination resulted in the largest increase in the share of the Nation's output consumed by health care in the past three decades. In this article, the authors present estimates of health spending in the United States for 1991. The authors also examine reasons for the unusually large growth in Medicaid expenditures and highlight recent trends in the hospital sector.
1991年，医疗保健支出增至7518亿美元，比1990年的水平增长了11.4%。国家卫生支出占国内生产总值的比例从1990年的12.2%升至13.2%。尽管整体经济增长缓慢，但医疗保健行业仍呈现出强劲增长态势。这种情况导致医疗保健消费占国家产出的份额在过去三十年中出现了最大幅度的增长。在本文中，作者给出了1991年美国卫生支出的估算数据。作者还研究了医疗补助支出异常大幅增长的原因，并着重介绍了医院行业的近期趋势。
