In 2007, U.S. health care spending growth increased 6.1 percent, the lowest rate of growth since 1998. The study attributes the slower growth to retail prescription drug spending an government administration.
Hartman, M., Martin, A., & McDonnell, P. (2009). National health spending in 2007: slower drug spending growth contributes to lowest rate of overall growth since 1998. Health Affairs, 28(1), 246-261. DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.246 http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/246
Authors: Micah Hartman, Anne Martin, Patricia McDonnell, Aaron Catlin.
