For the 12-month period that ended last June, national spending for hospital care grew 0.8%, the lowest rate since at least January 1989, according to the latest report from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. National health spending growth fell to 4.0% for the second quarter of 2017, driven by lower growth in hospital spending.
The report can be obtained at https://altarum.org/sites/default/files/uploaded-related-files/CSHS-Spending-Brief_Sept_2017.pdf.