TABLE 3.

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending by Workers with Employer-Based Coverage, and the National Unemployment Rate, Selected Years

Year	Total Out-of Pocket Expendituresa ($1990)	% Increase Expend.	National Unemployment Rateb	% Increase Unemp.
1990	1040		5.6
1993	1208	16.2%	6.9	23.2%
1995	1152	−4.6%	5.6	−18.8%
1997	1084	−5.9%	4.2	−25.0%

Sources:

^aGabel, et al. 2001.

^bU.S. Bureau of the Census 2000, Table No. 643.