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Historical NHE, including Sponsor Analysis, 2006: - NHE grew 6.7% to $2.1 trillion in 2006, or $7,026 per person, and accounted for 16% of Gross Domestic Product.
- Medicare spending grew 18.7% to $401 billion in 2006, or 19 percent of total NHE.
- Medicaid spending fell 0.9% to $309 billion in 2006, or 15 percent of total NHE.
- Private spending grew 5.4% to $1.1 trillion in 2006, or 54 percent of total NHE.
- Hospital expenditures grew 7.0% in 2006, a slightly slower rate than the 7.3% in 2005.
- Physician and clinical services growth slowed to 5.9% in 2006, from 7.4% in 2005.
- Prescription drug spending growth increased 8.5% in 2006, up from 5.8% in 2005.
- At the aggregate level in 2006, businesses (25 percent), households (31 percent), other private sponsors (3 percent), and governments (40 percent) paid for about the same share of health services and supplies as they did in 2005.
For further detail see NHE Tables in downloads below. Projected NHE, 2007-2017: - Growth in NHE is expected to remain steady at 6.7 percent in 2007 and average 6.7 percent per year over the projection period (2006-2017).
- The health share of GDP is projected to reach 16.3 percent in 2007 and 19.5 percent by 2017.
- Medicare spending is projected to grow 6.5% in 2007 and average 7.4% per year over the projection period.
- Medicaid spending is projected to grow 8.9% in 2007 and average 7.9% per year over the projection period.
- Private spending is projected to grow 6.3% in 2007 and average 6.2% per year over the projection period.
- Spending on hospital services is projected to grow 7.5% in 2007 to $697 billion. Average growth of 6.9% per year is expected for the entire projection period.
- Spending on prescription drugs is projected to grow 6.7% in 2007 to $231 billion. Average growth of 8.2% per year is expected for the entire projection period.
For further detail see NHE projections 2007-2017 in downloads below. NHE by Age Group, Selected Years 1987, 1996, 1999, 2002, and 2004: - Per person personal health care spending for the 65 and older population was $14,797 in 2004, 5.6 times higher than spending per child ($2,650) and 3.3 times spending per working-age person ($4,511).
- In 2004, children accounted for 26 percent of the population and 13 percent of PHC spending.
- The working-age group comprised the majority of spending and population in 2004, at 52 percent and 62 percent respectively.
- The elderly were the smallest population group at 12 percent of the population, and accounted for the remaining 34 percent of spending in 2004.
- Spending for those 85 years and older relative to spending for all other age groups, decreased from 1987 to 2004, mainly due to a slowdown in nursing home spending.
- Medicare enrollment growth is anticipated to be a stronger influence on future spending growth than the changing age-mix of the Medicare population.
For further detail see health expenditures by age in downloads below. NHE by State of Residence, 1991-2004: - In 2004, per capita personal health care spending ranged from a high of $6,683 in Massachusetts to $3,972 in Utah, where spending was the lowest.
- In 2004, the highest per capita spending occurred in Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Alaska and Connecticut, with spending 20 percent or more above the U.S. average.
- In 2004, the states with the lowest spending per capita were Utah, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Nevada, with spending 14 percent or more below the U.S. average.
- Medicare expenditures per beneficiary were highest in Louisiana ($8,659) and lowest in South Dakota ($5,640) in 2004.
- Medicaid expenditures per enrollee were highest in Alaska ($10,417) and lowest in California ($3,664) in 2004.
For further detail see health expenditures by state of residence in downloads below. NHE by State of Provider, 1980-2004: - California's aggregate personal health care spending was the highest in the nation, representing 10.8 percent of total U.S. personal health care spending in 2004.
- Wyoming's aggregate personal health care spending was the lowest in the nation, representing just 0.1 percent of total U.S. personal health care spending in 2004.
- All states except Delaware and Wyoming spent 10 percent or more of their Gross State Product on health care in 2004.
- On average, between 2000 and 2004, aggregate personal health care spending grew the fastest in Nevada (12.2 percent) and the slowest in Louisiana (6.0 percent).
For further detail see health expenditures by state of provider in downloads below.
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