This paper develops a satellite account for the US health sector and measures productivity growth in health care for the elderly population between 1999 and 2012. We measure the change in medical spending and health outcomes for a comprehensive set of 80 conditions. Medical care has positive productivity growth over the time period, with aggregate productivity growth of 1.5 percent per year. However, there is significant heterogeneity in productivity growth. Care for cardiovascular disease has had very high productivity growth. In contrast, care for people with musculoskeletal conditions has been costly but has not led to improved outcomes. (JEL E01, H51, I10)

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美国健康卫星账户


本文开发了美国卫生部门的卫星账户，并衡量了 1999 年至 2012 年间老年人口医疗保健生产率的增长。我们衡量了 80 种综合条件下的医疗支出和健康结果的变化。在此期间，医疗保健生产率出现积极增长，总生产率每年增长 1.5%。然而，生产率增长存在显着的异质性。心血管疾病的护理取得了非常高的生产率增长。相比之下，对患有肌肉骨骼疾病的人的护理成本高昂，但并没有带来改善的结果。 (JEL E01、H51、I10)