National health expenditures, 1997

In 1997 health spending in the United States increased just 4.8 percent to $1.1 trillion. As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), national health expenditures (NHE) absorbed 13.5 percent of the country's output in 1997--a share that has remained relatively constant for 5 years. Despite the...

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Published in:Health care financing review 1998-09, Vol.20 (1), p.83-126
Main Authors: Braden, B R, Cowan, C A, Lazenby, H C, Martin, A B, McDonnell, P A, Sensenig, A L, Stiller, J M, Whittle, L S, Donham, C S, Long, A M, Stewart, M W
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bed Occupancy - statistics & numerical data
Costs
Data Collection
Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data
Drug Costs - trends
Eligibility Determination
Expenditures
Financing, Personal - trends
Health administration
Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures - trends
Health insurance
Home Care Services - economics
Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services - statistics & numerical data
Managed Care Programs - economics
Managed Care Programs - statistics & numerical data
Medicaid - economics
Medicaid - statistics & numerical data
Medicaid program
Medical care, Cost of
Medical economics
Medical sector
Medical service
Medicare
Medicare - economics
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Private Sector
Statistics
United States
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Summary:In 1997 health spending in the United States increased just 4.8 percent to $1.1 trillion. As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), national health expenditures (NHE) absorbed 13.5 percent of the country's output in 1997--a share that has remained relatively constant for 5 years. Despite the relative stability in recent years, signs of changing trends are emerging.
ISSN:0195-8631
1554-9887