National Health Expenditures 2013 Highlights

This document released in November 2014 is a highlights summary of the 2013 National Health Expenditure data. During calendar year, national health spending in the United States reached $2.9 trillion, up 3.6% over the $2.8 trillion spent in 2012. The $2.9 trillion in 2013 includes four types of costs: personal health care expenditures on medical goods and services consumed by patients; it also includes the net cost of private health insurance premiums, government administration, and government public health activities. This highlight summary presents spending by category and by Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance, and consumer out . . .