Study: Hospital and outpatient care are biggest drivers of health care spending differences between the United States and other countries

A number of past analyses have shown that hospitals drive U.S. health care spending. In fact, data released last year showed that theUnited States spends three times more per person on hospital care than on retail prescription medicines.A recent Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis takes these findings a step further, concluding that hospital and outpatient care are not only the biggest drivers of U.S. health care spending but also the biggest drivers of the difference in health care spending between the United States and other developed countries.

Source: The Catalyst - October 22, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Gabby Migliara Source Type: news