This statistic represents the health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, sorted by category. In 2017, some 33 percent of the health spending in the United States was reported for hospital care. The total U.S. health spending in that year amounted to approximately 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars.
Health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by category*
* Health spending refers to national health expenditures. Categories may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
2013-2016 values were quoted from previous editions of "California Health Care Almanac - Health Care Costs 101".
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CHCF. (May 21, 2019). Health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/246932/health-spending-distribution-in-the-us-by-category/
CHCF. "Health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by category*." Chart. May 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246932/health-spending-distribution-in-the-us-by-category/
CHCF. (2019). Health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by category*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246932/health-spending-distribution-in-the-us-by-category/
CHCF. "Health Spending Distribution in The United States from 2013 to 2017, by Category*." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246932/health-spending-distribution-in-the-us-by-category/
CHCF, Health spending distribution in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by category* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246932/health-spending-distribution-in-the-us-by-category/ (last visited May 26, 2020)
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