Future Directions for the National Health Expenditure Accounts: Conference Overview

Since 1984 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sponsored a series of conferences to discuss improvements to national health expenditure account (NHEA) activities. This article summarizes the 2005 conference and highlights changes made since the previous conference, commissioned papers on future directions for NHEA projects, and participant recommendations. (September 1, 2006)