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Medicaid: Decline in Spending Growth Due to a Combination of Factors

T-HEHS-97-91 Published: Mar 04, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 04, 1997.
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GAO discussed recent Medicaid spending trends and their potential implications for future outlays, focusing on: (1) the variation in Medicaid spending growth among the states, especially for the most recent 2-year period, that culminated in the 3.3-percent growth rate in fiscal year 1996; (2) key factors that contributed to the decrease from previous years' growth rates; and (3) the implications of these and other factors for Medicaid expenditures in the future.

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Health care cost controlHealth care programsLong-term careManaged health careMedical economic analysisState-administered programsMedicaidExpenditure of fundsInflationHospitals