Chart 1.6: Total National Health Expenditures (NHE) for Health Services and Supplies by Category, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020-2022
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. Data was released in December 2023.
Notes:
(1) CMS completed a benchmark revision in 2019, introducing changes in methods, definitions and source data that are retroactively applied to the entire time series. For more information on this revision, see https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-benchmark-changes-2019.pdf
(2) National expenditures for health services and supplies exclude medical research and medical facilities construction.
(3) “Other professional” expenditures include dental and other non-physician professional services.
(4) “Other” expenditures include net cost of insurance and administration, government public health activities, and other personal health care.
(5) Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
(6) Total NHE is expressed in the current year's dollar, 2022.