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. 1979 Summer;1(1):1–36.

Table 2. Personal health care expenditures in current and constant dollars, and factors attecting growtn, 1969-1978.

Calendar Year Personal health care expenditures (in millions of dollars) Implicit price deflator for personal health care expenditures (1972=100.0) Constant-dollar personal health care expenditures (in millions of 1972 dollars) Population (in thousands) Annual percentage change in personal health care expenditures Distribution of annual growth among factors

All factors Prices Population Intensity 1/
1969 $57,888 84.3 $68,690 206,281 - - - - -
1970 65,723 90.2 72,863 208,402 13.53 100% 54% 8% 38%
1971 72,115 95.8 75,309 210,546 9.73 100 65 11 24
1972 79,870 100.0 79,870 212,338 10.75 100 42 8 50
1973 88,471 104.5 84,701 213,941 10.77 100 43 7 50
1974 100,885 114.5 88,093 215,696 14.03 100 71 6 23
1975 116,297 128.2 90,683 217,452 15.28 100 80 5 15
1976 132,127 140.2 94,223 219,318 13.61 100 71 7 22
1977 149,139 152.1 98,079 221,124 12.88 100 68 7 25
1978 167,911 164.8 101,897 222,995 12.59 100 68 7 25

Average, 1969-78 - - - - 12.56 100 63 7 30
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Represents changes in use and/or kinds of services and supplies