Hospital Consolidation

RSSTwitterFacebook
  • About
  • Contact the Forum

AHA: Hospital Price Growth Continues to Decline

Posted on July 27, 2013

Becker’s Hospital Review

Helen Adamopoulos 

Hospital price growth has declined over the past decade and has been consistently outpaced by health insurance premiums, despite concerns that consolidation is increasing prices, according to an American Hospital Association infographic.

Hospital spending is at historic lows, with its growth rate declining from 5.8 percent in 2003 to 1.9 percent in 2013, according to the AHA. Meanwhile, the growth rate for health insurance premiums went from around 13.3 percent in 2003 to 4.5 percent in 2012.

Additionally, although consolidation has increased in recent years, only about 10 percent of hospitals have been part of a merger of acquisition during the past six years, according to the infographic, which cites a report by the Center for Healthcare Economics & Policy.

« AARP on Hospital Consolidaton
Government Regulations Force Physicians to Sell Their Practices and Seek Refuge in Hospitals »

Leave a Reply

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Please Answer: *

Links

  • The Federal Financial Forum
  • CRE
  • OIRA Watch
  • TheOMB.US
  • DataQualityAct.US
  • CRE Mission

Submit a Post




Upload Files



Archives

  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
CyberChimps

CyberChimps

© Hospital Consolidation