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Health Expenditures

Data are for the U.S.

  • Per capita national health expenditures: $9,990 (2015)
  • Total national health expenditures: $3.2 trillion (2015)
  • Total national health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 17.8% (2015)

Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 93 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

  • Percent of national health expenditures for hospital care: 32.3% (2015)
  • Percent of national health expenditures for nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities: 4.9% (2015)
  • Percent of national health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 19.8% (2015)
  • Percent of national health expenditures for prescription drugs: 10.1% (2015)

Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 94 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

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