Issue Brief Cent Stud Health Syst Change. 1997 Jan(6):1-5.
Throughout the 1990s there has been a dramatic slowing of health care cost increases. Virtually all studies show a substantial decline even after adjusting for general inflation, which dropped from 4.3 percent in 1990 to 2.5 percent in 1995. The pressures to contain health care costs are so intense that the low rates of increase could continue for some time. Consumers may not perceive this change, however, perhaps because of cost-shifting to them. This Issue Brief tracks changes in health care costs over time. The Center for Studying Health System Change plans to track these changes periodically.
在整个20世纪90年代，医疗保健费用的增长显著放缓。几乎所有研究都表明，即使在扣除一般通货膨胀因素之后，费用仍大幅下降，通货膨胀率从1990年的4.3%降至1995年的2.5%。控制医疗保健费用的压力非常大，以至于这种低增长率可能会持续一段时间。然而，消费者可能并未察觉到这一变化，这或许是因为成本转嫁给了他们。本问题简报追踪了医疗保健费用随时间的变化。医疗系统变革研究中心计划定期追踪这些变化。
