Random chart - spend spread
- In 2012, the top 1 percent ranked by their
health care expenses accounted for 22.7 percent of total health care
expenditures with an annual mean expenditure of $97,956. Overall, the
top 50 percent of the population ranked by their expenditures accounted
for 97.3 percent of overall health care expenditures, while the lower 50
percent accounted for only
2.7 percent of the total.
- Individuals age 65 and older were characterized
by substantially less concentrated levels of health care spending
relative to their younger counterparts. Alternatively, the elderly
had the highest mean levels of health care expenditures relative to
younger population subgroups at the top quantiles of the expenditure
distribution.
- The top 5 percent of the uninsured population
under age 65 ranked by their health care expenses accounted for 58.9
percent of the health care expenditures incurred by this
subpopulation with an annual mean of $14,565. Conditioned on insurance
coverage status, the uninsured had the lowest annual mean expenses.
- The top 5 percent of individuals with four or
more chronic conditions accounted for 29.7 percent of health care
expenditures for this subpopulation with an annual mean of
$78,198. Based on chronic condition status, persons with four or more
chronic conditions had the lowest concentrated levels of health care
expenditures and higher annual mean expenses at the top quantiles of the
expenditure distribution."
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