Data and Code for: A Satellite Account for Health in the United States

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) David M. Cutler, Harvard University; Kaushik Ghosh, National Bureau of Economic Research; Kassandra Messer, University of Michigan; Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan; Allison B. Rosen, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Susan T. Stewart, National Bureau of Economic Research

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
  HRS 09/03/2021 12:28:PM
  MEPS2002 09/03/2021 12:29:PM
  NHEA 09/03/2021 12:29:PM
  SEER data -intext file 09/03/2021 12:29:PM
  Vital_Statistics 09/03/2021 12:20:PM
NHANES.zip application/zip 110.1 MB 09/03/2021 08:20:AM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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% 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.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms satellite health accounts; productivity
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      E23 Macroeconomics: Production
      I10 Health: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Universe:  View help for Universe elderly Medicare beneficiaries in the US
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data; census/enumeration data; medical records; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source MCBS: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 

NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NHEA: National Health Expenditure Accounts 

NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics

SSA: Social Security Administration

MEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

HRS: Health and Retirement Study

SEER: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit country

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V1 [2022-01-08]

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