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. 1994 Fall;16(1):247–294.

Table 12. National Health Expenditures Aggregate Amounts and Average Annual Percent Change, by Type of Expenditure: Selected Years 1960-93.

Type of Expenditure 1960 1970 1980 1985 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Amount in Billions
National Health Expenditures $27.1 $74.3 $251.1 $434.5 $506.2 $623.9 $696.6 $755.6 $820.3 $884.2
 Health Services and Supplies 25.4 69.0 239.4 418.1 487.9 601.8 672.2 730.8 792.9 855.2
  Personal Health Care 23.9 64.8 220.1 380.5 453.8 550.5 612.4 670.8 729.7 782.5
   Hospital Care 9.3 28.0 102.7 168.2 194.1 231.8 256.5 282.3 306.0 326.6
   Physician Services 5.3 13.6 45.2 83.6 104.1 127.3 140.5 150.3 161.8 171.2
   Dental Services 2.0 4.7 13.3 21.7 25.3 28.6 30.4 31.7 34.7 37.4
   Other Professional Services 0.6 1.4 6.4 16.6 22.6 32.2 36.0 40.4 46.4 51.2
   Home Health Care 0.0 0.2 1.9 4.9 5.9 8.1 11.1 13.2 16.8 20.8
   Drugs and Other Medical Non-Durables 4.2 8.8 21.6 37.4 45.4 54.4 61.2 67.1 70.8 75.0
   Vision Products and Other Medical Durables 0.8 2.0 4.5 7.1 8.1 9.6 10.5 11.3 12.0 12.6
   Nursing Home Care 1.0 4.9 20.5 34.9 40.6 48.9 54.8 60.8 65.5 69.6
   Other Personal Health Care 0.7 1.3 4.0 6.1 7.7 9.5 11.4 13.8 15.8 18.2
  Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance 1.2 2.8 12.1 25.3 19.4 32.3 38.3 37.0 39.5 48.0
  Government Public Health Activities 0.4 1.4 7.2 12.3 14.6 19.0 21.6 22.9 23.7 24.7
 Research and Construction 1.7 5.3 11.6 16.4 18.3 22.1 24.3 24.8 27.4 29.0
  Research1 0.7 2.0 5.5 7.8 9.1 11.3 12.2 12.9 14.2 14.4
  Construction 1.0 3.4 6.2 8.6 9.2 10.8 12.1 11.9 13.2 14.6
Average Annual Percent Change From Previous Year Shown
National Health Expenditures 10.6 12.9 11.6 7.9 11.0 11.6 8.5 8.6 7.8
 Health Services and Supplies 10.5 13.2 11.8 8.0 11.1 11.7 8.7 8.5 7.9
  Personal Health Care 10.5 13.0 11.6 9.2 10.1 11.2 9.5 8.8 7.2
   Hospital Care 11.7 13.9 10.4 7.4 9.3 10.7 10.0 8.4 6.7
   Physician Services 9.9 12.8 13.1 11.6 10.6 10.3 7.0 7.6 5.8
   Dental Services 9.1 11.1 10.2 8.2 6.3 6.1 4.2 9.6 7.7
   Other Professional Services 8.8 16.3 21.2 16.6 19.4 11.8 12.3 14.8 10.4
   Home Health Care 14.5 26.3 21.3 9.5 16.8 36.9 19.2 27.4 23.8
   Drugs and Other Medical Non-Durables 7.6 9.4 11.6 10.2 9.5 12.5 9.5 5.5 5.9
   Vision Products and Other Medical Durables 9.6 8.3 9.5 7.2 8.5 10.0 7.2 6.4 5.3
   Nursing Home Care 17.4 15.5 11.3 7.8 9.8 12.0 10.9 7.8 6.3
   Other Personal Health Care 6.5 12.0 8.8 12.1 11.4 19.1 21.4 14.4 15.0
  Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance 9.1 15.9 15.9 -12.3 28.9 18.7 -3.3 6.6 21.5
  Government Public Health Activities 13.9 18.0 11.3 9.0 14.0 13.3 6.4 3.4 4.2
 Research and Construction 12.2 8.1 7.1 5.7 9.9 10.0 1.8 10.8 5.8
  Research1 10.9 10.8 7.5 7.9 11.1 8.5 5.6 10.3 1.1
  Construction 12.9 6.2 6.7 3.6 8.7 11.5 -1.9 11.4 10.8
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Research and development expenditures of drug companies and other manufacturers and providers of medical equipment and supplies are excluded from research expenditures, but are included in the expenditure class in which the product falls.

NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals because of rounding.

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