18岁以下儿童的医疗保健支出趋势：2001年、2006年和2011年

Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2001, 2006, and 2011

作者信息

Mirel Lisa B., Carper Kelly

Abstract

This Statistical Brief compares summary statistics on health care expenditures and expenditure distributions by type of service and sources of payment for children under age 18 in 2001, 2006, and 2011. The estimates are derived from data collected in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household (MEPS-HC) and Medical Provider Components (MEPS-MPC) on the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Health care expenses in MEPS represent payments to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers for services reported by respondents to the MEPS-HC. Estimates for 2001 and 2006 were adjusted to 2011 dollars based on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Price Index to remove the impact of medical price inflation on comparisons (http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/about_meps/Price_Index.shtml). All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.

摘要

本统计简报比较了2001年、2006年和2011年18岁以下儿童的医疗保健支出汇总统计数据，以及按服务类型和支付来源划分的支出分布情况。这些估计数来自医疗支出面板调查家庭（MEPS-HC）和医疗服务提供者组成部分（MEPS-MPC）收集的关于美国非机构化平民人口的数据。MEPS中的医疗保健费用是指因MEPS-HC的受访者报告的服务而向医生、医院和其他医疗服务提供者支付的费用。根据国内生产总值（GDP）价格指数，将2001年和2006年的估计数调整为2011年的美元价值，以消除医疗价格通胀对比较的影响（http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/about_meps/Price_Index.shtml）。文本中提到的估计数之间的所有差异在0.05水平或更高水平上具有统计学意义。