Health care spending increased 3.8 percent in March, according to a report from Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
This figure is one-tenth below February’s number and under the Altarum Institute’s estimate of 4.3 percent.
The report also finds that health care employment only added an average of 19,000 jobs per month this year, under 2012’s addition of 27,000 monthly jobs.
Since March 2012, health care prices have risen 1.6 percent with the 12-month moving average hitting 1.9 percent, which is the lowest figure since the 1.8 percent seen in October 1998.
Continue Reading for Free
Register and gain access to:
- Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
