It seems intuitive that as the population of this country ages, its going to have to spend more on health care. This chart does a good job of putting the baby boomer health care bomb in black and white. Average Annual Health Care Spending by Age Group: 1990 Age Group...
We noted before that approximately 54% of health care dollars are “private” and that about 46% of health care spending comes from public sources. How does that break down for different categories of health care spending? 2006 Personal Health Care...
The United States spends $2.1 trillion, or 16% of GDP, on health care. What does that go towards? Category 1990 2007 Health services and supplies $666.7 $2,095.5 Personal health care expenses $607.5 $1,877.6 Hospital care $251.6 $696.7 Physician and clinical services...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 Statistical Abstract has been released. I thought it would be fun to go through it and note the more interesting items, starting with Health and Nutrition. United States Health Care Expenditures (In billions): Type of Expenditure...
