Projections Of National Health Expenditures: Methodology & Model Specification

On February 15, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published these national health expenditure analysis (NHEA) projections. These projections consist of time series for all of the major spending categories in the NHEA. These categories include trends in aggregate medical spending, medical services consumed, sources of payment, and sources of financing. More information is shown in the detailed tables for the historical and projected NHEA . . .