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State Healthcare Analysis
When a state makes healthcare expenditures, it is spending to provide better healthcare facilities and opportunities for access. The human capital needs to be strengthened with enhanced productivity, which is only possible with high levels of health for all age groups of the state and country, contributing to the fortification of the entire economy (Raghupati & Raghupati, 2020). The current state of residency, which is New York, is compared to the other two selected states of the US to compare some of the crucial healthcare data.
New York
California
Massachusetts
Total expenditure
$738
$564
$767
Total uninsured adults (age 19-64 years)
3.6%
10%
16.1%
Federal Medicaid/Medicare expenditure
$2857
$2413
$2645
Average cost per resident
4.9%
4.8%
4.7%
Access to the healthcare of adults 18 years and above
79.6%
75.6%
87.2%
Explanation of the Chart
One of the key factors to show healthcare system spending is total employer-sponsored insurance reimbursements for physician office services per enrollee, 18-64 years in dollars (Commonwealth Fund.org, 2022). The data is taken for the year 2018 since data for the year 2019 was missing for New York, although it was there for the rest of the two states.
The total number of uninsured adults in the three states has been mentioned in the table, which shows that the lowest rate of uninsured adults is in New York. It is a positive sign against Massachusetts and California, which have high rates of uninsured adults. It could be inferred that New York has better health coverage plans than the rest of the two states. The data is taken for the year 2020 for all states here.
The third row shows the total Medicare reimbursements for inpatient hospitals per enrollee. New York State again ranks highest compared to the rest of the two states since it has higher reimbursements for Medicare plans for the citizens, but Massachusetts and California do not. The data is taken here again for the year 2020 for all three states.
The government could take the average cost per resident as the primary care spending on...…better employment, education, and economic consolidation. The resources consumed in a year are crucial indicators of how well the economy promotes the consumers health.
If a state is spending more on its peoples health, it is taking healthcare concerns seriously. It wants its people to make progress; however, it could mean the other way. There could be certain segments of the population, underserved or some with chronic or critical healthcare needs, rising. It could mean that states have to incur more costs to serve those areas of their population. Also, it could be inferred that the population is increasing, and children, adults, and older people need to be insured on a wider scale.
The learnings made from this task include the understanding of the association between healthcare expenditures and the states economic performance, the significance of human capital and its health on the performance of the entire state, and social welfare, which is vital for all age groups of the state within the…
References
Commonwealth Fund.org. (2022). Doctors’ office visit employer-sponsored insurance spending per enrollee. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/datacenter/doctors-office-visit-employer-sponsored-insurance-spending-enrollee
Nelson, D. & Rushakoff, J. (2019). Massachusetts’ remaining uninsured: Who they are and how to cover them. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/degree%20programs/MPP/files/PAE%20Final%20-%20Nelson%20Rushakoff%20NO%20LOGO%20NO%20NAME.pdf
Raghupathi, V., & Raghupathi, W. (2020). Healthcare expenditure and economic performance: Insights from the United States data. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00156
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