Anthony L Bui, Joseph L Dieleman, Hannah Hamavid, Maxwell Birger, Abigail Chapin, Herbert C Duber, Cody Horst, Alex Reynolds, Ellen Squires, Paul J Chung, Christopher J L Murray
Importance: Health care spending on children in the United States continues to rise, yet little is known about how this spending varies by condition, age and sex group, and type of care, nor how these patterns have changed over time. Objective: To provide health care spending estimates for children and adolescents 19 years and younger in the United States from 1996 through 2013, disaggregated by condition, age and sex group, and type of care. Evidence Review: Health care spending estimates were extracted from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Disease Expenditure 2013 project database...
February 1, 2017: JAMA Pediatrics