Health Expenditures
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Health expenditures: $2.1 trillion (2006)
- Health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 16 (2006)
- Percent of health expenditures using public funds: 46% (2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 124
- Percent of health expenditures for hospital care: 31% (2006)
- Percent of health expenditures for nursing home care: 5.9% (2006)
- Percent of health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 21% (2006)
- Percent of health expenditures for prescription drugs: 10% (2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 127
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