Lake forest health and fitness: Gap Between USA and Other High-Spending Countries Closed Down by Slowdown in Growth of US Health Expenditure Over Last Decade

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Gap Between USA and Other High-Spending Countries Closed Down by Slowdown in Growth of US Health Expenditure Over Last Decade

A new report suggests that "more and bigger" efforts will be needed to contain US health budget to prevent reversal of recent slowdown in health spending growth as economic growth improves. Growth in health expenditure in the USA slowed dramatically between 2000 and 2011, bringing the growth rate of the country's health budget in line with other high-spending countries, according to new research published in emThe Lancet/em as part of a new Series, The health ...