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28 HEALTH • June 15, 2015 PULSE Stats and information from the health care sector The PRIVATE INSURANCE PAYS THE MOST Health care expenditures by payer type, 1970-2013 0 300 600 900 Private Insurance Medicare Medicaid Out-of-pocket payments 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 FIGURES IN BILLIONS ELECTRONIC RECORDS Percentage of office-based physicians with Electronic Health Records systems, 2003-2013 *Rankings are based on equal weighting of length and quality of life Sources: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute COUNTY HEALTH How do Worcester and Middlesex counties compare to the rest of the state on the overall health of the population? Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HAS ACA HELPED? How has the federal Affordable Care Act impacted your family? Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, April 2015 Source: Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis Acute Hospitalization Report, May 2015 HOSPITAL DISCHARGES n Which hospitals saw the largest increases in hospital discharges in FY 2013? Heywood Hospital, Gardner ................................................... 7.3% Nantucket Cottage Hospital ................................................... 6.9% Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital ................................ 6.4% Lowell General Hospital......................................................... 6.0% Cambridge Health Alliance-Whidden Hospital ....................... 4.5% Hallmark Health-Lawrence Memorial Hospital .......................... -21% Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston ....................................... -13% Dana-Farber Cancer Institute .................................................... -10% Merrimack Valley Hospital (A Steward Family Hospital Inc.) ....... -9% Jordan Hospital ............................................................................ -8% n Which hospitals saw the largest decreases in hospital discharges in FY 2013? Source: Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis 1 Nantucket 2 Middlesex 3 Dukes 4 Norfolk 5 Hampshire 6 Essex 7 Barnstable 8 Franklin 9 Plymouth 10 Worcester 11 Berkshire 12 Bristol 13 Suffolk 14 Hampden '03 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80% '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 19% It's helped 22% It's hurt 56% It's had no direct impact