Name: Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. 2017
Creator: Statista

This statistic illustrates the spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States in 2017. In that year, hospital care services made up 40 percent of Medicare's total spending and some 33 percent of Medicaid's total spending.

Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States in 2017*

	Medicare	Medicaid
Hospital care	40%	33%
Physician and clinical services	23%	13%
Prescription drugs	14%	6%
Nursing care facilities	5%	9%
Home health care	5%	6%
Net cost of health insurance	5%	6%
Other professional services	4%	1%
Government administration	1%	5%
Other medical products	1%	1%
Other health care	1%	18%
Dental services	1%	2%

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May 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Health spending refers to national health expenditures.
Figures may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.

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