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Article: National Health Expenditures, 1998.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 1999
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
In this article, we present historical health spending in the United States for the period 1960-1998. The statistics are shown in a matrix structure that describes trends in the size, growth, and distribution of health care expenditures. This matrix represents spending by type of service, such as hospital care and physician services, matched against the sources that pay for the health care bill, including private health insurance (PHI) and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. These statistics provide an historical basis for policy-makers, researchers, and the public to understand the trends in spending for the health industry and lay a ...