Table 3.
ETG‐Based Decompositions by Major Practice Category
| Description | Expenditure Share (%) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode‐Decomp. | Person‐Based Decomp. | Episode‐Decomp. | ||||||||
| Table 2. Method (1) | Table 2. Method (8) | Table 2. Method (6) | ||||||||
| DECI | PREV | MCE | DECI | PREV | MCE | DECI | PREV | MCE | ||
| Orthopedics and rheumatology | 14.0 | 1.300 | 1.119 | 1.165 | 1.240 | 1.079 | 1.151 | 1.280 | 1.054 | 1.215 |
| Cardiology | 12.0 | 1.108 | 1.043 | 1.059 | 1.113 | 1.042 | 1.069 | 1.101 | 1.074 | 1.025 |
| Endocrinology | 8.9 | 1.343 | 1.273 | 1.074 | 1.280 | 1.177 | 1.097 | 1.329 | 1.155 | 1.150 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.4 | 1.288 | 1.111 | 1.169 | 1.277 | 1.088 | 1.168 | 1.281 | 1.067 | 1.200 |
| Preventive and administrative | 6.4 | 1.625 | 1.290 | 1.261 | 1.685 | 1.284 | 1.298 | 1.611 | 1.256 | 1.283 |
| Otolaryngology | 5.7 | 1.140 | 1.027 | 1.111 | 1.201 | 1.076 | 1.120 | 1.156 | 1.002 | 1.154 |
| Gynecology | 5.5 | 1.215 | 1.006 | 1.203 | 1.160 | 1.022 | 1.132 | 1.223 | 1.007 | 1.214 |
| Dermatology | 4.9 | 1.276 | 1.084 | 1.178 | 1.253 | 1.067 | 1.168 | 1.270 | 1.047 | 1.213 |
| Psychiatry | 4.8 | 1.261 | 1.130 | 1.115 | 1.248 | 1.128 | 1.100 | 1.263 | 1.134 | 1.114 |
| Neurology | 4.7 | 1.299 | 1.097 | 1.187 | 1.248 | 1.076 | 1.167 | 1.283 | 1.045 | 1.228 |
| Pulmonology | 4.6 | 1.162 | 1.012 | 1.158 | 1.090 | 0.994 | 1.119 | 1.158 | 0.936 | 1.237 |
| Obstetrics | 4.5 | 1.259 | 1.076 | 1.171 | 1.243 | 1.072 | 1.161 | 1.262 | 1.043 | 1.210 |
| Urology | 3.1 | 1.224 | 1.118 | 1.112 | 1.190 | 1.090 | 1.107 | 1.220 | 1.046 | 1.166 |
| Isolated signs and symptoms | 2.9 | 1.115 | 1.002 | 1.112 | 1.368 | 1.168 | 1.171 | 1.334 | 1.168 | 1.142 |
| Hematology | 1.9 | 1.278 | 1.112 | 1.149 | 1.296 | 1.089 | 1.185 | 1.277 | 1.071 | 1.192 |
| Hepatology | 1.7 | 1.118 | 0.993 | 1.120 | 1.052 | 0.985 | 1.061 | 1.119 | 1.016 | 1.102 |
| Ophthalmology | 1.6 | 1.189 | 1.127 | 1.054 | 1.184 | 1.128 | 1.061 | 1.183 | 1.094 | 1.082 |
| Nephrology | 1.0 | 1.329 | 1.485 | 0.903 | 0.801 | 1.347 | 0.634 | 1.428 | 1.219 | 1.171 |
| Neonatology | 1.0 | 1.317 | 1.140 | 1.169 | 1.210 | 1.127 | 1.082 | 1.312 | 1.043 | 1.257 |
| Infectious diseases | 1.0 | 1.380 | 1.154 | 1.176 | 1.267 | 1.118 | 1.132 | 1.373 | 0.919 | 1.494 |
| Late effects, envir. trauma and pois. | 0.8 | 1.273 | 0.957 | 1.339 | 1.085 | 0.942 | 1.153 | 1.259 | 0.960 | 1.311 |
| Chemical dependency | 0.7 | 1.415 | 1.377 | 1.057 | 1.630 | 1.426 | 1.164 | 1.404 | 1.563 | 0.898 |
| Total expenditures (in billions) 2007 | $604 | |||||||||
Expenditures used to calculate expenditure share are calculated from the person‐based decomposition, Table 2, method (8).
DECI, Demographically Adjusted Expenditure Per Capita Index; MCE, Medical Care Expenditure Index; PREV, Treated Prevalence Index.