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TABLE 803. NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES BY TYPE OF EXPENDITURE, 1980, 1990 AND 2000

TYPE OF EXPENDITURE
Amount in Billions of Dollars
Average Annual Percent Change
1980
1990
2000
1980-90
1990-2000
Total Health Expenditures $245.8 $696.0 $1,299.5 11.0 6.4
Health services and supplies 233.5 669.6 1255.5 11.1 6.5
Personal health care 214.6 609.4 1130.4 11.0 6.4
    Hospital care 101.5 253.9 412.1 9.6 5.0
    Professional services 67.3 216.9 422.1 12.4 6.9
      Physician and clinical services 47.1 157.5 286.4 12.8 6.2
      Other professional services 3.6 18.2 39.0 17.6 7.9
      Dental services 13.3 31.5 60.0 9.0 6.7
      Other personal health care 3.3 9.6 36.7 11.3 14.4
   Nursing home and home health 20.1 65.3 124.7 12.5 6.7
       Home health care 1/ 2.4 12.6 32.4 18.0 9.9
       Nursing home care 1/ 17.7 52.7 92.2 11.5 5.8
   Retail outlet sales of medical products 25.7 73.3 171.5 11.0 8.9
       Prescription drugs 12.0 40.3 121.8 12.9 11.7
       Other medical products 13.7 33.1 49.7 9.2 4.1
Government administration and net
  
cost of private health insurance
12.1 40.0 80.9 12.7 7.3
Government public health activities 2/ 6.7 20.2 44.2 11.7 8.1
Investment 12.3 26.4 43.9 7.9 5.2
   Research 5.5 12.7 25.3 8.7 7.1
   Construction 6.8 13.7 18.6 7.3 3.1

1/ Freestanding facilities only.
2/ Includes personal care services delivered by government public health agencies.

SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary, National Health Expenditures, 2000. Internet address: http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/nhe-oact/.