Table 7.

Decomposition of increasing health care expenditures by components, separating price inflation with the medical fees (in percent).

Period	Population	Demographic change (aging)	Adjusted visit days per capita	Price (GDP deflator)	Medical fees level	Readjusted expense per day	Sum
1991–1999	8.00	6.01	31.33	34.18	9.82	10.66	100
1999–2003	6.93	9.55	35.35	16.24	37.54	−5.61	100
1991–2003	7.66	6.61	33.23	28.44	24.41	−0.35	100