Table 10. Factors accounting for growth in expenditures for selected categories of national health expenditures, by 5-year periods: 1975-2000.

Type of expenditure and period	Total	Economywide factors		Health-sector specific factors
		General inflation1	Population	Utilization2	Intensity3	Sector-specific price inflation
	Percent distribution
Physician services
1975-1980	100.0	63.3	7.7	−5.9	20.8	14.1
1980-1985	100.0	45.7	8.6	2.0	23.3	20.4
1985-1990	100.0	29.2	8.3	3.7	37.5	21.4
1990-1995	100.0	35.2	8.7	7.9	37.5	10.8
1995-2000	100.0	42.0	8.3	5.2	36.5	8.0
Inpatient hospital
1975-1980	100.0	50.3	6.1	5.7	28.6	9.3
1980-1985	100.0	51.4	9.7	−42.8	60.1	21.6
1985-1990	100.0	44.6	12.7	−23.2	41.4	24.5
1990-1995	100.0	44.1	10.9	8.8	16.8	19.4
1995-2000	100.0	47.8	9.5	12.5	14.0	16.1
Outpatient hospital
1975-1980	100.0	43.0	5.2	8.7	35.1	8.0
1980-1985	100.0	32.7	6.1	7.7	39.9	13.7
1985-1990	100.0	21.2	6.0	30.6	30.6	11.6
1990-1995	100.0	24.5	6.1	26.2	32.4	10.8
1995-2000	100.0	37.2	7.4	14.0	28.9	12.6
Nursing home excluding ICF/MR
1975-1980	100.0	56.8	6.9	14.2	16.7	5.5
1980-1985	100.0	50.6	9.5	1.1	26.8	12.0
1985-1990	100.0	38.4	10.9	2.6	32.6	15.4
1990-1995	100.0	40.7	10.1	8.8	31.0	9.4
1995-2000	100.0	45.9	9.1	13.6	24.4	7.1
Drugs and other medical non-durables
1975-1980	100.0	84.9	10.3	0.0	7.8	−2.9
1980-1985	100.0	54.8	10.3	0.0	−9.3	44.2
1985-1990	100.0	41.9	11.9	0.0	−0.2	46.4
1990-1995	100.0	55.7	13.8	0.0	−11.3	41.8
1995-2000	100.0	66.5	13.1	0.0	−2.7	23.0

¹General inflation is measured by the gross national product implicit price deflator.

²Per capita days or visits.

³Real services per day or per visit.

NOTE: ICF/MR is intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.