CLUSTER CONNECTION In addition to studying explosions inside individual galaxies, astronomers are also trying to glimpse dark energy's effects by determining when and how dusters of galaxies coalesced.
Wound care costs the US health care system more than $20 billion dollars annually.1 The number of wound care patients in the US is expected to more than double during this decade.2 Payers must utilize wound products, technologies, and systems that provide high quality outcomes at budget sensible pricing.ound care costs the US health care system more than $20 billion dollars annually.1 The number of wound care patients in the US is expected to more than double during this decade.2 Payers must utilize wound products, technologies, and systems that provide high quality outcomes at budget sensible pricing.
The rate of increase has slowed in the past decade â from 9.5 percent in 2002 to 3.9 percent in 2010. 6 But the rate of health care cost increases continues to be well above the general rate of inflation. U.S. health care spending breakdown. Health care spending in the United States totaled nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010.Of total spending, half (51 percent) goes to pay the cost of medical services provided by hospitals and physicians. Prescription drugs spending accounts for 10 percent. Those consumers with health care coverage experienced a 7.2 percent increase in their share of health care costs between 2011 and 2012. 2  Health care costs for American families in 2012 exceeded $20,000 for the first time. 4.