In 2021, total U.S. out-of-pocket health care payments reached some 433.2 billion U.S. dollars. In the U.S., especially out-of-pocket payments for prescribed drugs can be very high. This statistic depicts the total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021.
Total out-of-pocket health care payments 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.
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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
- Basic Statistic U.S. out-of-pocket health care payments annual change 2010-2021
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NHE projections
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CMS. (December 15, 2022). Total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/
CMS. "Total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/
CMS. (2022). Total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/
CMS. "Total Out-of-pocket Health Care Payments in The United States from 1960 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/
CMS, Total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Total out-of-pocket health care payments in the United States from 1960 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], CMS, December 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/484568/us-total-out-of-pocket-health-care-payments-since-1960/