Healthcare Gross Domestic Product (HGDP) is measure of the monetary value of healthcare output. In the charts above, we are looking at growth in real HGDP for each county over the past decade. Real HGDP is inflation adjusted to provide a better view on the growth in actual output, not just price increases in care. Gaps in the map are the result of missing data in either the starting or ending year. Despite some gaps, we can clearly see differences across regions.
Two regions that stick out are the West Coast and the Southeast. These areas are consistently high growth from county to county. From Washington State to Southern California, the vast majority of West Coast counties experienced strong growth over the past decade. In the list of counties with the largest dollar increase in healthcare output, we see several Southern California counties. Los Angeles topped the list with a near 20 billion dollar increase in healthcare output since 2014.
Every region has high and low growth counties, but the Northeast and Midwest look to have the highest concentration of moderate to low growth (yellow). However, New York is an exception. Densely populated counties will naturally dominate a ranking of growth from a total dollars perspective, but both Kings and Queens County show a major increase from a percentage perspective as well (85% and 72%). There are many more notable counties that could be pointed out, and it goes to show that every corner of the country needs continuous healthcare development.
