http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/ A Forum for Discussing and Analyzing Healthcare Issues Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-8098 Health Policy and Communications Blog » Blog Archive » Health Spending, Health Reform, and Physicians Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-8098 [...] Last summer I wrote about the the trends in this health spending and the confusion some physicians have about the....  This post might also be of [...] […] Last summer I wrote about the the trends in this health spending and the confusion some physicians have about the….  This post might also be of […]

]]> http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-5184 Health Policy and Communications Blog » Blog Archive » Managed Care/Health Insurance Direct-to-Consumer Advertising or YouTube Educational-Propaganda Videos? Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:25:50 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-5184 [...] how health care costs are growing or what really is contributing to this growth.  I believe my graphically enhanced presentation on this from August is a much clearer and accurate presentation.  In particular, their assertion that prescription [...] […] how health care costs are growing or what really is contributing to this growth.  I believe my graphically enhanced presentation on this from August is a much clearer and accurate presentation.  In particular, their assertion that prescription […]

]]> http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-1270 Scurvyscaliwag Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:43:34 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/08/04/national-health-spending-%e2%80%93-lots-of-confusion/#comment-1270 The "Nursing Homes and Home Health" component of national health spending has remained fairly consistent, around 8%, since 1980 and projected through 2012. Shouldn't the aging population and consequent changes in patient demographics have resulted in an increase in utilization for these services? What effects can we expect the aging population to have on health care in a general way, and more specifically, shouldn't it be represented (to some extent) in a re-balancing of the expenditures by service breakdown? The “Nursing Homes and Home Health” component of national health spending has remained fairly consistent, around 8%, since 1980 and projected through 2012. Shouldn’t the aging population and consequent changes in patient demographics have resulted in an increase in utilization for these services? What effects can we expect the aging population to have on health care in a general way, and more specifically, shouldn’t it be represented (to some extent) in a re-balancing of the expenditures by service breakdown?

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