Table 2.

Trends in Insurance and Patient Financial Burden for GH Use in Youth <18 Years Old: Constant Dollars (Base = 2004)

Year	Total Expenditures, $				Insurer Burden, $		Patient Burden, $
	Mean	SD	Median	IQRa	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
2004	35,427	28,459	28,296	34,106	35,099	27,827	329	200
2005	35,265	27,895	28,184	33,836	34,923	28,038	342	215
2006	34,057	25,815	27,885	31,871	33,586	27,453	471	215
2007	31,310	23,852	25,419	29,472	30,750	24,964	561	214
2008	29,765	23,005	24,840	28,746	29,211	24,010	556	217
2009	30,623	22,773	25,095	28,999	30,031	24,176	592	229
2010	28,925	22,242	23,621	26,996	28,305	22,542	621	235
2011	27,797	21,694	22,859	26,519	27,086	21,802	714	252
2012	26,710	20,610	21,920	25,499	25,933	21,279	778	273
2013	24,881	18,969	20,608	24,094	24,018	19,975	865	301
2014	25,992	19,497	21,910	26,130	25,149	21,090	843	299
2015	26,674	19,045	22,693	25,118	25,820	21,729	854	286
2016	26,195	18,610	22,656	24,684	25,331	21,505	864	303
2004 to 2016 change, %	−26		−20		−28	−23	163	51

^aIQR: 75th − 25th percentile.