Health Expenditures
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Per capita health expenditures: $8,086 (2009)
- Total health expenditures: $2.5 trillion (2009)
- Total health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 17.6% (2009)
Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 125 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Percent of health expenditures for hospital care: 30.5% (2009)
- Percent of health expenditures for nursing home care: 5.5% (2009)
- Percent of health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 20.3% (2009)
- Percent of health expenditures for prescription drugs: 10.1% (2009)
Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 128 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
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