In 2021, total U.S. personal health care expenditure came to nearly 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars. This statistic depicts the total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021.
Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Health expenditures in the U.S.
Global comparison
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Overview U.S.
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Categories
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Payer
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Out-of-pocket
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- Basic Statistic U.S. total out-of-pocket health care payments 1960-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. per capita out-of-pocket health care payments 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Out-of-pocket share of total U.S. personal health care expenditures 2010-2021
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NHE projections
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (December 15, 2022). Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2022). Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Total Personal Health Care Expenditure in The United States from 1960 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Total personal health care expenditure in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, December 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184768/us-total-personal-health-care-expenditures-since-1960/