RAND Research Topic: Health Care Costs2024-03-28T09:53:12ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/health-care-costs.htmlInternational Prescription Drug Price ComparisonsAndrew W. Mulcahy; Daniel Schwam; Susan L. Lovejoyhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA788-3.html2024-02-01T09:00:00Z2024-02-01T09:00:00ZThis report summarizes findings from comparisons of drug prices in the United States and other high-income countries based on 2022 data and presents results from various sensitivity analyses.Average Cost of Providing Hospital Care to COVID-19 Patients Increased Over First Two Years of PandemicRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/news/press/2024/01/03.html2024-01-03T11:00:00Z2024-01-03T11:00:00ZThe average cost of providing care to hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased five times faster than the rate of medical inflation during the first two years of the pandemic, at least partly because of the application of additional medical technologies over the period.