2012-05-24T14:56:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/health-care-cost-inflation.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9605.html Sep 8, 2011 Sep 8, 2011

A new RAND Health study shows that the doubling of health costs between 1999 and 2009 largely wiped out an average family's real income gains. In fact, in 2009 the family had a net gain of only $95 per month. If health care costs had tracked general inflation over the decade, the family would have had nearly $5,400 more in 2009.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/29/LAT.html Mar 29, 2012 Mar 29, 2012

What do we have to show for all of this spending? Lots of testing and treatment, but not enough health, writes Art Kellermann.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120039.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/02/08/index1.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance.

http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2011/winter/centerpiece.html Jan 13, 2012 Jan 13, 2012

Between 1999 and 2009, U.S. health care spending nearly doubled, climbing from $1.3 trillion to $2.5 trillion. The figures are striking, but what have they meant for individual Americans?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120063.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Rising health costs reduce employment-based private insurance availability and enrollment, and the financial protection provided by it, especially for middle-class families.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/11/22.html Nov 22, 2011 Nov 22, 2011

Use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings increased tenfold between 2007 and 2009. The determining factors in choosing one over a physician's office were found to be age, health status, income, and proximity to the clinic.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP341.html Oct 4, 2011 Oct 4, 2011

Limiting the growth of health care costs while improving population health poses important and difficult challenges for policymakers. The paper considers innovation in drugs, devices, and methods of delivering health care, with an emphasis on delivery. The authors argue that policymakers should try to encourage innovative activities that are worth their social costs and discourage activities that are not worth their social costs.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/09/29.html Sep 29, 2011 Sep 29, 2011

The historic RAND Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their health care spending once they began to receive a physician's care, but this has changed for those enrolled in consumer-directed health plans.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100208.html Sep 29, 2011 Sep 29, 2011

The historic RAND Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their health care spending once they began to receive a physician's care, but this has changed for those enrolled in consumer-directed health plans.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/09/08/index1.html Sep 7, 2011 Sep 7, 2011

Increased consolidation among health plans nationally may benefit consumers by lowering hospital prices, at least in those regions where health plans are the most consolidated.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100177.html Sep 7, 2011 Sep 7, 2011

Increased consolidation among health plans nationally may benefit consumers by lowering hospital prices, at least in those regions where health plans are the most consolidated.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/09/08.html Sep 7, 2011 Sep 7, 2011

Fast-rising health care costs have eaten nearly all the income gains made by a median-income American family of four over the past decade, leaving them with just $95 per month in extra income, after accounting for taxes and price increases.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100172.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011

This article translates aggregate numbers about health spending into concrete measures that consumers can relate to.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/04/21/PSR.html Apr 21, 2011 Apr 21, 2011

In terms of healthcare use and chronic health conditions, obesity is comparable to aging 20 years, with the health of a 30 year old resembling that of a 50 year old, writes Roland Sturm.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100075.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>Rising costs of cancer treatment raise questions about how to ensure that patients receive access to the best therapy that is a "good value" - both from the perspective of the patient and all who pay for health care (i.e., through taxes, insurance).</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/09/09/NYT.html Sep 8, 2009 Sep 8, 2009

<p>RAND's latest analysis of options for reducing the number of uninsured shows that among all the options included in the House tri-committee bill, the Senate HELP bill, and the proposal released by Senator Max Baucus, the individual mandate would have the greatest impact, writes Elizabeth McGlynn.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080925.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Despite the enormous and ongoing increase in health care expenditures, patients receive only half of recommended care, and many receive care that is equivocal or harmful. Ideas to improve quality are examined.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19931001.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992

<p>The theory suggests an empirical test of whether surgeons create demand for surgery.</p>