U.S. Health Care Expenditures
1960 to 1999 With Projections to 2010
Year |
Billion $ |
% GDP |
Per Person |
1960 |
27 |
5.1 |
143 |
1978 |
166 |
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1980 |
246 |
8.8 |
1,067 |
1988 |
558 |
10.9 |
2,240 |
1990 |
696 |
12.0 |
2,737 |
1993 |
888 |
13.4 |
3,379 |
1996 |
1,038 |
13.3 |
3,842 |
1999 |
1,210 |
13.0 |
4,358 |
2010 |
2,637 |
15.9 |
8,708 |
Payer of Health Care Expenditures
(%)
Year |
Private |
Government |
1978 |
61 |
39 |
1980 |
57 |
43 |
1988 |
59 |
41 |
1990 |
59 |
41 |
1993 |
56 |
44 |
1996 |
53 |
47 |
1999 |
55 |
45 |
2010 |
55 |
45 |
References:
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2002). National Heath Care Expenditures Projections Tables. Accessed August 29, 2002 at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/projections-2000/
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2002). Overview of National Health Care Expenditures. Accessed August 29, 2002 at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/publications/overview-medicare-medicaid/default2.asp
Fisher. (1978). Differences By Age Groups in Health Care Spending. Health Services and the Aging. p. 75.
Health Care Financing Administration. (2000). National Health Expenditures - 1999. Accessed August 29, 2002 at http://www.hcfa.gov/pubforms/nhe.pdf
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