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National Health Expenditures
Sponsor
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Health Statistics Group, Office of the Actuary
Description
National Health Expenditures measure spending for health care in the U.S. by type of service delivered (hospital care, physician services, nursing home care, etc.) and source of funding for those services (private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, out-of-pocket spending, etc.). Expenditure estimates for 1960-2001 are currently available in data files or in published articles.
Population Targeted
U. S. census population
Years Collected
Since 1960.
Schedule
Annually.
Geographic Estimates
National and state levels.
Contact Information
Agency homepage: http://www.cms.hhs.gov.
Data system homepage: http://cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/.
References
http://cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/default.asp#dsm .
http://cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/definitions-sources-methods/
For updated tables see http://cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/historical/nhe01.zip and http://cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/state-estimates-provider/phc_gsp.asp
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