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What are healthcare exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?

Healthcare exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invest in a basket of stocks of companies that provide medical services, develop medical equipment or drugs, offer medical insurance, or facilitate the provision of healthcare to patients.

Should you invest in a health care ETF?

And U.S. health care spending has been above-trend for decades. From 2021 to 2022, health care spending per capita grew 4.1 percent, faster than the 3.2 percent increase from 2020 to 2021, according to Peterson-KFF’s Health System Tracker. So a health care ETF could offer an attractive way to invest in a resilient sector of the economy.

What is the best healthcare ETF?

The best healthcare ETF, based on performance over the past year, is the iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF). We examine the top three healthcare ETFs below. All figures below are as of Aug. 30, 2022. IHF tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index, which measures the performance of various health service organizations.

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