Health Expenditures
Data are for the U.S.
- Per capita national health expenditures: $11,172 (2018)
- Total national health expenditures: $3.6 trillion (2018)
- Total national health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 17.7% (2018)
Source: Health, United States, 2019, table 44 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Percent of national health expenditures for hospital care: 32.7% (2018)
- Percent of national health expenditures for nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities: 4.6% (2018)
- Percent of national health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 19.9 (2018)
- Percent of national health expenditures for prescription drugs: 9.2% (2018)
Source: Health, United States, 2019, table 45 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
More data
- Trends in Health Expenditures from Health, United States
- Problems Paying Medical Bills, 2018
- Selected Financial Burdens to Health Care Among Families With Older Adults by Family Composition: United States, 2017-2018 pdf icon[PDF – 309 KB]
- Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Person Under Age 65: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2011-June 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 214 KB]
- Strategies Used by Adults Aged 65 and Over to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2016-2017
- Strategies Used by Adults Aged 18-64 to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2017
- Coverage, Access, and Utilization by Medicaid Expansion Status: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2016 pdf icon[PDF – 818 KB]
- Expenditures on Complementary Health Approaches: United States, 2012 pdf icon[PDF – 433 KB]
Page last reviewed: March 1, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics