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Quantifying national spending on wellness and prevention.

George Miller1, Charles Roehrig, Paul Hughes-Cromwick

  • 1Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
|June 25, 2009
PubMed
Summary

National health expenditures on prevention grew significantly from 1996 to 2004. Prevention spending reached $159.8 billion in 2004, representing 8.6% of total health expenditures.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Public Health Policy
  • Preventive Medicine

Background:

  • Accurate estimation of national health expenditures on prevention is crucial for resource allocation.
  • Previous estimates of prevention spending have varied due to differing definitions and methodologies.
  • Understanding the components of prevention spending is essential for researchers and policymakers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To precisely estimate national health expenditures dedicated to prevention.
  • To provide a transparent methodology for calculating prevention spending.
  • To subdivide estimates into components to support varied research concepts of prevention.

Main Methods:

  • Supplemented National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) data with additional information.
  • Identified national spending on primary and secondary prevention from 1996 to 2004.
  • Analyzed spending across eight distinct categories.

Main Results:

  • National health expenditures on prevention increased from $83.2 billion (7.8% of NHEA) in 1996 to $159.8 billion (8.6% of NHEA) in 2004.
  • Prevention spending as a share of NHEA peaked at 9% in 2002, declining slightly by 2004.
  • Primary prevention constituted approximately half of the total prevention expenditures, with public health activities being the largest component.

Conclusions:

  • The study's 2004 estimate of 8.6% of NHEA for prevention is substantially higher than commonly cited figures (e.g., 3%).
  • The estimated percentage varies significantly based on the inclusion of research, screening, and specific prevention types.
  • Findings offer a more informed basis for discussions on national healthcare resource allocation towards preventive services.