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Last Updated: January 14, 2010
Spending on physician and clinical services reached $496.2 billion in 2008.
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Hartman, Micah, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Care Expenditure Accounts Team. "Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008". Health Affairs. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 147-55. [ Permalink ] |
Hospital spending by Medicare increased 7.7% in 2008--from 4.7% in 2007.
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Hartman, Micah, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Care Expenditure Accounts Team. "Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008". Health Affairs. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 147-55. [ Permalink ] |
In 2008, overall spending on hospital services reached $718.4 billion.
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Hartman, Micah, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Care Expenditure Accounts Team. "Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008". Health Affairs. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 147-55. [ Permalink ] |
National health spending in 2008 reached $2.3 trillion, or $7,681 per person. This was a 4/4% increase from 2007.
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Hartman, Micah, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Care Expenditure Accounts Team. "Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008". Health Affairs. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 147-55. [ Permalink ] |
The health care portion of the gross domestic product (GDP) grew from 15.9% in 2007 to 16.2% in 2008.
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Hartman, Micah, Anne Martin, Olivia Nuccio, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Care Expenditure Accounts Team. "Health Spending Growth at a Historic Low in 2008". Health Affairs. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 147-55. [ Permalink ] |
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