A Satellite Account for Health in the United Statest

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cutler, David M.; Ghosh, Kaushik; Messer, Kassandra L.; Raghunathan, Trivellore; Rosen, Allison B.; Stewart, Susan T.
• 署名单位: Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20201480
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 494-533
• 关键词: colorectal-cancer; US; GROWTH; mortality; disease; TRENDS; LIFE

摘要

This paper develops a satellite account for the US health sector and measures productivity growth in health care for the elderly population between 1999 and 2012. We measure the change in medical spending and health outcomes for a comprehensive set of 80 conditions. Medical care has positive productivity growth over the time period, with aggregate productivity growth of 1.5 percent per year. However, there is significant heterogeneity in productivity growth. Care for cardiovascular disease has had very high productivity growth. In contrast, care for people with musculoskeletal conditions has been costly but has not led to improved outcomes. (JEL E01, H51, I10)