No. 152. National Health Expenditures by Object
 
[In billions of dollars (699.4 represents $699,400,000,000).
Includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas]
 
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         OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE                   1990     1995     1996     1997     1998
 
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    Total                                       699.4    993.3  1,039.4  1,088.2  1,149.1
 
Spent by--
  Consumers                                     384.6    494.6    513.0    535.7    574.6
    Out-of-pocket                               145.0    170.5    178.1    189.1    199.5
    Private insurance                           239.6    324.0    334.9    346.7    375.0
  Government                                    283.2    456.0    480.4    502.2    522.7
  Other \1                                       31.6     42.7     46.1     50.3     51.8
 
Spent for--
  Health services and supplies                  674.8    962.5  1,007.5  1,053.5  1,113.7
    Personal health care expenses               614.7    879.1    924.0    968.6  1,019.3
      Hospital care                             256.4    347.0    359.4    370.2    382.8
      Physician services                        146.3    201.9    208.5    217.8    229.5
      Dental services                            31.6     45.0     47.5     51.1     53.8
      Other professional services \2             34.7     53.6     57.4     61.5     66.6
      Home health care                           13.1     29.1     31.2     30.5     29.3
      Drugs/other medical nondurables            59.9     88.6     98.0    108.6    121.9
      Vision products/other med. durables \3     10.5     13.3     14.1     15.1     15.5
      Nursing home care                          50.9     75.5     80.2     84.7     87.8
      Other health services                      11.2     25.1     27.6     29.2     32.1
    Net cost of insurance and admin. \4          40.5     53.6     52.1     50.3     57.7
    Government public health activities          19.6     29.8     31.3     34.6     36.6
 
  Medical research \5                            12.2     16.7     17.2     17.9     19.9
  Medical facilities construction                12.3     14.0     14.8     16.9     15.5
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\1 Includes nonpatient revenues, privately funded construction,
and industrial inplant.
\2 Includes services of registered and practical nurses in private duty,
podiatrists, optometrists, physical therapists,
clinical psychologists, chiropractors, naturopaths, and Christian
Science practitioners.
\3 Includes expenditures for eyeglasses, hearing aids, orthopedic
appliances, artificial limbs, crutches, wheelchairs, etc.
\4 Includes administrative expenses of federally financed health programs.
\5 Research and development expenditures of drug companies and other
manufacturers and providers of medical equipment and supplies are
excluded from research expenditures, but are included in the expenditure
class in which the product falls.
 
Source: U. S. Health Care Financing Administration,
Health Care Financing Review, winter 1999
 
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