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Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2001, 2006, and 2011

Lisa B. Mirel, Kelly Carper
In: Statistical Brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (US)) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001. STATISTICAL BRIEF #428.
2014 Jan.
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Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2001, 2006, and 2011

Lisa B. Mirel et al.
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Excerpt

This Statistical Brief compares summary statistics on health care expenditures and expenditure distributions by type of service and sources of payment for children under age 18 in 2001, 2006, and 2011. The estimates are derived from data collected in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household (MEPS-HC) and Medical Provider Components (MEPS-MPC) on the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Health care expenses in MEPS represent payments to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers for services reported by respondents to the MEPS-HC. Estimates for 2001 and 2006 were adjusted to 2011 dollars based on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Price Index to remove the impact of medical price inflation on comparisons (http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/about_meps/Price_Index.shtml). All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.

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