医疗保健行业的医院、就业及价格指标：1999年第二季度

Seifert M L, Heffler S K, Donham C S

Office of Strategic Planning, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, USA.

Health Care Financ Rev. 1999 Winter;21(2):239-79.

This feature presents highlights from statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, with brief analysis of these economic indicators. These statistics provide an early indication of changes occurring in the health care sector and within the general economy. Although most statistics include data for the second quarter of 1999, American Hospital Association data are through the third quarter of 1998.

本专题展示了医疗保健利用、价格、费用、就业、工作时长以及国民经济活动等方面的统计亮点，并对这些经济指标进行了简要分析。这些统计数据为医疗保健行业和整体经济中正在发生的变化提供了早期迹象。尽管大多数统计数据包含1999年第二季度的数据，但美国医院协会的数据截至1998年第三季度。