TY  - JOUR
T1  - REcession helped put brakes on growth in us health care spending for 2008
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2010/02/24
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.162
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 715
EP  - 715
VL  - 303
IS  - 8
N2  - 
US health care spending reached $2.3 trillion, or $7681 per individual, in 2008. The growth rate of 4.4% (down from 6.0% in 2007) was the lowest recorded since tracking began in 1960. But with the overall economy contracting, health care spending actually increased its share of GDP to 16.2%, up from 15.9% in 2007. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the findings January 5 (Hartman M et al. Health Aff [Millwood]. 2010;29[1]:147-155).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.162
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.162
ER  -