Health Expenditures
Data are for the U.S.
- Per capita national health expenditures: $11,582 (2019)
- Total national health expenditures: $3.8 trillion (2019)
- Total national health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 17.7% (2019)
Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, Table HExpGDP [PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Percent of national health expenditures for hospital care: 31.4% (2019)
- Percent of national health expenditures for nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities: 4.5% (2019)
- Percent of national health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 20.3% (2019)
- Percent of national health expenditures for retail prescription drugs: 9.7% (2019)
Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, Table HExpType [PDF – 9.8 MB]
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