Data Bulletin No. 26
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Spending on Type of Health Care Service
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All Servicesb
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Hospital Inpatientb
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Hospital Outpatientb
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Physician
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Rx Drugs
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GDP
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| 1998 |
5.8%
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0.9%
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8.7%
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4.7%
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14.1%
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4.3%
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| 1999 |
7.4
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2.3
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11.0
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5.0
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18.4
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4.4
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| 2000 |
7.9
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4.2
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10.0
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6.3
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14.5
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4.8
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| 2001 |
10.2
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9.1
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15.0
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6.7
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13.8
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1.7
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| 2002 |
9.9
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9.3
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13.8
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6.5
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13.2
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2.7
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| 2003a |
8.5
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7.6
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12.9
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6.1
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8.5
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2.9
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| a Data through June 3003, compared with
the corresponding months in 2003. b Trend estimates have been adjusted to remove the effect of changes in hospital prices for Medicaid patients. Notes: GDP is in nominal dollars. Sources: Health care spending data are the Milliman USA Health Cost Index ($0 deductible); GDP is from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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| About this table: This table shows annual growth rates for per capita private health care spending and per capita Gross Domestic Product during the 1997 to 2003 period. As the first column demonstrates, growth in per capita private health care spending accelerated from 1997 to 2001 but has since decelerated. In each time period, growth in per capita private health care spending outstripped growth in GDP, almost always by a significant margin. This table differs from table 1 in Data Bulletin 26 in that estimates include data for 12 month periods compared to the previous 12 month period; table 1 of DB 26 presents estimates based on a comparison of 6-month periods with the corresponding period in the previous year. |