US healthcare prices grow nearly 22% since 2007: 4 study findings

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review)

A new Kaiser Family Foundation study provides insights into the growth of U.S. healthcare prices.

For the study, researchers examined a private insurance claims sample from the Truven Health Analytics MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database. These claims were provided by large employers with more than 1,000 employees. The study also involved a subset of claims from 2003 through 2016. Continue reading article here…

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