Publications by authors named "Sawyer W Crosby"
Little is known about health care spending variation across the US for recent years. To estimate health spending by state and payer, we combined data from the government's State Health Expenditure Accounts, which have estimates through 2014, with other primary data on spending. In 2019 state-specific per person spending ranged from $7,250 to $14,500.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Measuring health care spending by race and ethnicity is important for understanding patterns in utilization and treatment.
Objective: To estimate, identify, and account for differences in health care spending by race and ethnicity from 2002 through 2016 in the US.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This exploratory study included data from 7.
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes primary healthcare (PHC) expenditures in low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2017, revealing a significant increase in spending that varies by income level.
- Data from multiple sources indicated that while overall expenditures rose, low-income countries saw a plateau, with a notable shift towards spending on ambulatory care services.
- The research found that higher PHC expenditures correlated with improved maternal and child health outcomes, such as lower maternal mortality rates and better antenatal care coverage, but did not show consistent links to overall mortality or disease burden.
Introduction: National Health Accounts are a significant source of health expenditure data, designed to be comprehensive and comparable across countries. However, there is currently no single repository of this data and even when compiled major gaps persist. This research aims to provide policymakers and researchers with a single repository of available national health expenditures by healthcare functions (ie, services) and providers of such services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Estimates of government spending and development assistance for tuberculosis exist, but less is known about out-of-pocket and prepaid private spending. We aimed to provide comprehensive estimates of total spending on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries for 2000-17.
Methods: We extracted data on tuberculosis spending, unit costs, and health-care use from the WHO global tuberculosis database, Global Fund proposals and reports, National Health Accounts, the WHO-Choosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective project database, and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Development Assistance for Health Database.