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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2009 Jul;47(7 Suppl 1):S7–13. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a23e12

Table 1. National Health Expenditures, 2006 (billions of dollars).

Type of Expenditure Total Private Public
All Consumer
Total Out-of-pocket Private Insurance Other Total Federal State/Local
Total $2,106 $1,135 $980 $257 $723 $155 $970 $705 $265
 Services and supplies 1,966 1054 980 256 723 74 912 664 248
  Personal health care 1,762 964 891 257 637 73 798 618 180
   Hospital 648 286 256 21 235 29 363 290 72
   Professional services 660 426 388 102 287 38 234 176 58
    Physician and clinical 448 295 266 46 220 29 153 126 27
    Other professional 60 40 37 15 22 3 19 15 5
    Dental 92 86 86 41 45 0 6 3 2
    Other pers. health care 62 6 --- --- --- 6 56 32 24
   Nursing home & home health 178 60 54 39 15 6 118 84 34
    Home health 53 13 12 6 6 1 40 30 10
    Nursing home 125 47 42 33 9 5 78 54 24
   Medical products 276 193 193 94 97 --- 84 68 16
    Prescription drugs 217 143 143 48 95 --- 74 58 15
    Other medical products 59 50 50 47 3 --- 10 9 0
     Durable equipment 24 16 16 13 3 --- 8 7 0
     Other non-durable 36 33 33 33 --- --- 2 2 ---
 Administration 145 90 89 --- 89 1 55 37 19
 Public health 59 --- --- --- --- --- 59 10 49
 Investment 139 81 --- --- --- 81 58 41 18
  Research 42 4 --- --- --- 4 38 33 5
  Structures & equipment 98 77 --- --- --- 77 20 8 13

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary: Data from the National Health Expenditure Accounts, 2006.

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