National Health Expenditures per Capita and Their Share of Gross Domestic Product, 1960-2007

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, available here (see Historical; NHE summary including share of GDP, CY 1960-2007; file nhegdp07.zip).

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009

Average Annual Growth Rates for Nominal NHE and GDP for Selected Time Periods

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, available here (see Historical; NHE summary including share of GDP, CY 1960-2007; file nhegdp07.zip).

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009

Per Capita Total Current Health Care Expenditures, U.S. and Selected Countries, 2007

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Health Data 2009, from the SourceOECD Internet subscription database updated November 2009.  Copyright OECD 2009, http://www.oecd.org/health/healthdata. Data accessed on 11/13/2009.

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: November 17, 2009

Concentration of Health Care Spending in the U.S. Population, 2006

Description: A small proportion of the U.S. population accounts for half of all U.S. health care spending.  The 5% of the population with higher health care expenses (>=$14,601 annually) was responsible for nearly half (47.7%) of total health care spending, while the 50% of the population with the lowest expenses (<$776) accounted for only 3.2% of total spending.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using data from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 2006.

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: January 06, 2009

Distribution of Average Spending Per Person, 2006

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using data from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 2006.

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009

Distribution of National Health Expenditures, by Type of Service, 2007

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, available here (see Historical; National Health Expenditures by type of service and source of funds, CY 1960-2007; file nhe2007.zip).

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009

Relative Contributions to NHE By Source of Funds, 1999 to 2018 (in Billions)

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, available here (see Projected; NHE Historical and projections, 1965-2018, file nhe65-18.zip).

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009

Putting Off Care Because of Cost

Description:  

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted September 11-18, 2009)

Topics: Public Opinion / Polling

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts ; KFF.org Data Spotlight ; Public Opinion on Health Reform

Slide Date: October 01, 2009

Cumulative Changes in Health Insurance Premiums, Inflation, and Workers’ Earnings, 1999-2009

Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2009.  Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, U.S. City Average of Annual Inflation (April to April), 1999-2009; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Seasonally Adjusted Data from the Current Employment Statistics Survey, 1999-2009 (April to April).

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts ; KFF.org Data Spotlight

Slide Date: September 15, 2009

Prevalence of High Out-of-Pocket Burdens Among the Non-Elderly, By Poverty Level, 2001 vs. 2004

Source: Jessica S. Banthin, Peter Cunningham, and Didem M. Bernard, "Financial Burdens of Health Care, 2001-2004" Health Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 188-195.

Topics: Costs / Insurance

Included in these Slideshows: Health Spending: Trends and Impacts

Slide Date: March 19, 2009