Table 1.

Summary of Hospital and Physician Spending Differences between the United States and Canada in 2002

	Dollars per capita	Percent of total difference
Total difference	$1,589	—
Provider incomes	$490	31%
Additional procedures for hospitalized patients	$224	14%
Administration	$616	39%
Total accounted for	$1,330	84%

Source: Data are from Pozen and Cutler (2010).

Note: The data are for hospital and physician care only.