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National Health Care Expenditure by Type of Expenditure in the United States

Type of Expenditure

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2005

Health Services and Supplies	24.9	67.1	234.0	666.7	1,264.4	1,860.9
Personal healthcare expenses	23.3	62.9	215.3	607.5	1,139.9	1,661.4
Hospital care	9.2	27.6	101.0	251.6	417.0	611.6
Physician and clinical services	5.4	14.0	47.1	157.5	288.6	421.2
Dental services	2.0	4.7	13.3	31.5	62.0	86.6
Nursing home and home health	0.9	4.3	21.4	65.2	125.8	169.3
Prescription drugs and other medical products	4.9	10.5	25.7	74.0	170.3	258.8
Other professional and personal health services	1.0	1.9	6.9	27.8	76.2	113.9
Government administration and net cost of private health insurance¹	1.2	2.8	12.2	39.2	81.2	143.0
Government public health activities	0.4	1.4	6.4	20.0	43.4	56.6
Investment	2.6	7.8	19.9	47.3	88.8	126.8
Medical research²	0.7	2.0	5.4	12.7	25.6	40.0
Structures and equipment	1.9	5.8	14.5	34.7	63.2	86.8
Grand total	27.5	74.9	253.9	714.0	1,353.3	1,987.7
In billions of dollars. 1. Includes personal care services delivered by government public health agencies. 2. 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: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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