The study sought to measure healthcare spending by race and ethnicity to understand patterns in utilization and treatment. It included data from 7.3 million health system visits, admissions and prescriptions captured by Medicare surveys from 2002-16, combined with the insured population and notified case estimates from the National Health Interview Survey from 2002 and 2016.
In 2016, $2.4 trillion was spent across six types of care included in the study. Below is the average per-person spending for Americans of different races that year:
- White: $8,141
- Native American: $7,649
- Black: $7,361
- Latinx: $6,025
- Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: $4,692
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