Economics of Healthcare

NHE Aggregate and Per Capita Amounts, and Share of GDP for Selected Calendar Years

Service Category 1970 1980 1993 1997 1999 2001 2002 2003

Hospital care $100.2 $187.8 $361.6 $386.0 $401.3 $437.5 $464.8 $485.0

Physician and clinical services 50.8 87.1 227.4 253.1 276.3 308.8 327.2 347.5

Nursing home care 15.2 32.7 74.2 89.4 92.5 99.2 102.3 104.2

Home health care 0.7 4.4 24.7 36.2 32.9 33.0 35.0 37.6

Prescription drugs 20.0 22.2 58.0 79.5 106.5 138.0 155.3 168.4

Program administration 10.2 22.4 60.2 64.4 74.8 89.1 101.5 112.5

Public health activities 5.1 12.4 30.8 37.1 42.0 46.5 19.2 50.6

All other expenditures 63.1 85.7 167.9 199.9 222.5 240.9 292.4 278.1

Total NHE $265.3 $454.7 $1,004.8 $1,145.6 $1,248.8 $1,393.0 $1,497.7 $1,583.9

NHE per capita $1,263 $1,974 $3,790 $4,135 $4,388 $4,816 $5,104 $5,330

NHE as percent of GDP 7.0% 10.9% 13.4% 13.1% 13.3% 14.1% 14.9% 15.3%

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