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Submitted by [email protected] on March 2023
Publication Date
February 2019
Topics
Affordability
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Annual Cost Trends Report

2018 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report

In this annual report for 2018, 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.

2018 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report

2018 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report: Chartpack

2018 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 Admissions from the ED

B3 Low Value Care

B4 Spending Variation for Clinically Similar Populations

B5 Commercial Price Trends and Comparison to Medicare Prices

B6 Dashboard

C1 Hospital Utilization

C2 Post-Acute Care

C3 Alternative Payment Methods

C4 TME by Provider Group

C5 Small Group Insurance

D Data Sources

No

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