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Publication Date
March 2018
Topics
Affordability
Ambulatory Care
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Hospital Utilization
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Annual Cost Trends Report

2017 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report

In this annual report for 2017, the HPC presents new research to enhance the collective understanding of health care spending trends and cost drivers and evaluates progress in meeting the Commonwealth’s cost containment, care delivery, and payment system goals.

2017 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report

2017 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report: Chartpack

2017 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report: Executive Summary

Technical Appendices

A Acute Care Hospitals in Massachusetts by Type of Hospital

B1 Trends in Spending and Care Delivery

B2 Hospital Outpatient Spending

B3 Provider Organization Performance Variation

B4 Dashboard

C1 Hospital Utilization

C2 Post-Acute Care

C3 Alternative Payment Methods

C4 Demand-side incentives

D Data Sources

No

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