2014年美国医疗保健支出增速放缓

• 作 者: 林伟龙
• 出 处: 中国卫生政策研究
• 发表日期: 2015年01期
• 关键词: 医疗保健支出 保险覆盖面 参保人群 医疗保健需求 衰退期 经济发展 美国政府 缓慢增长 短期 England

近日,新英格兰医学杂志发表了题为“National Health Spending in 2014—Acceleration Delayed”的文章。该文认为,2014年美国医疗保健支出增速放缓而出现这一趋势的原因主要有以下几个方面:(1)2014年,医疗保险覆盖面虽然不断扩大,但新参保人群的年龄普遍低于65岁,医疗保健需求也低于人群的平均水平,导致医疗保健支出没有显著增长。(2)总体的经济发展状况将会对医疗保健支出产生重要影响。近几年,美国经济整体处于衰退期,在一定程

Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article entitled “National Health Spending in 2014-Acceleration Delayed”. This article argues that the reasons for the slowdown in the growth of U.S. healthcare spending in 2014 are as follows: (1) Although the coverage of medical insurance has been expanding in 2014, the age of newly insured people is generally low At the age of 65, health care needs also fall below the population average, resulting in no significant increase in health care spending. (2) The overall economic development will have a significant impact on health care expenditures. In recent years, the U.S. economy as a whole has been in recession for some time