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. 1996 Fall;18(1):175-214.

National health expenditures, 1995

K R Levit  1 , H C Lazenby, B R Braden, C A Cowan, P A McDonnell, L Sivarajan, J M Stiller, D K Won, C S Donham, A M Long, M W Stewart
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National health expenditures, 1995

K R Levit et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 1996 Fall.

Abstract

This article presents data on health care spending for the United States, covering expenditures for various types of medical services and products and their sources of funding from 1960 to 1995. In 1995, $988.5 billion was spent to purchase health care in the United States, up 5.5 percent from 1994. Growth in spending between 1993 and 1995 was the slowest in more than three decades, primarily because of slow growth in private health insurance and out-of-pocket spending. As a result, the share of health spending funded by private sources fell, reflecting the influence of increased enrollment in managed care plans.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Percent Growth in National Health Expenditures and Gross Domestic Product, and National Health Expenditures as a Percent of Gross Domestic Product: Calendar Years 1960-95
Figure 2
Figure 2. Percent Growth and Percent Share of Public and Private National Health Expenditures: Calendar Years 1975-95
Figure 3
Figure 3. Prescription Drug Spending, by Type of Payer: Calendar Years 1990-95
Figure 4
Figure 4. Spending by Prescription Drug Manufacturers for Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements: Calendar Years 1992-95
Figure 5
Figure 5. Percent of Employees Enrolled in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, by Type of Plan: Calendar Years 1993-95
Figure 6
Figure 6. Percent of Medicare Enrollees, Medicaid Recipients, and U.S. Population Enrolled in Managed Health Care Plans: 1992-95
Figure 7
Figure 7. Growth in per Enrollee Expenditures1 by Medicare and Private Health Insurance: Calendar Years 1970-95
1Expenditures include benefits and administration for Medicare and benefits and net cost of insurance for private health insurance. SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.
Figure 8
Figure 8. Average Annual Growth in Private Health Insurance and Medicare per Enrollee Benefits: Calendar Years 1969-93 and 1993-95
Figure 9
Figure 9. The Nation's Health Dollar: Calendar Year 1995
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