Dramatic slowdown in growth of US health expenditure over last decade closes gap between USA, other high-spending countries
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Growth in health expenditure in the USA slowed dramatically between 2000 and 2011, bringing the growth rate of the country's health budget in line with other high-spending countries, according to new research. OECD warns that "more and bigger" efforts will be needed to contain US health budget to prevent reversal of recent slowdown in health spending growth as economic growth improves