A new study by Drew Altman, a respected health-care expert and President of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, concludes that slower growth in real GDP, along with a lower inflation rate, accounts for more than three-quarters of the slowdown in health-care spending in the US after 2001. The weak economy has caused people to postpone consumption of health-care services and has encouraged states and employers to restrain their spending on health.
著名医疗专家、凯泽家庭基金会（Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation）主席德鲁·奥特曼（Drew Altman）认为，真实GDP增长的放缓和通胀率下降一道，解释了2001年美国医疗支出放缓的四分之三。疲软的经济导致人们暂停医疗服务消费，也使各州和雇主限制医疗支出。