Tracking US Health Care Spending by Health Condition and County

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Authors

Joseph L. Dieleman · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Marie‐Claude Beauchamp · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Sawyer W Crosby · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Drew DeJarnatt · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Emily K. Johnson · University of Southern Denmark

Haley Lescinsky · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Theresa A. McHugh

Abstract

Broad variation in health care spending was observed across US counties. Understanding this variation by health condition, sex, age, type of care, and payer is valuable for identifying outliers, highlighting inequalities, and assessing health care gaps.

Topics & Keywords

Healthcare Policy and Management Healthcare cost, quality, practices Primary Care and Health Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 333, Issue 12, pp. 1051-1051

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.26790

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