Study reveals wide U.S. healthcare spending disparities, driven by usage, costs, disease, and age.

A recent study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation analyzed health care spending across 3,110 US counties, finding significant variations driven mainly by service utilization (64.8%), price and intensity of services (24.1%), disease prevalence (7.0%), and population age (4.1%). The study, which examines data from 2010 to 2019, highlights wide disparities in spending, with Utah having the lowest per capita spending due to a younger population and New York's high costs linked to hospital and drug expenses. Understanding these trends can help in better resource allocation and cost management in healthcare.

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