Health Expenditures

• Per capita national health expenditures: $10,348 (2016)
• Total national health expenditures: $3.3 trillion (2016)
• Total national health expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product: 17.9% (2016)

Source: Health, United States, 2017, table 93 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Percent of national health expenditures for hospital care: 32.4% (2016)
• Percent of national health expenditures for nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities: 4.9% (2016)
• Percent of national health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 19.9 (2016)
• Percent of national health expenditures for prescription drugs: 9.8% (2016)

Source: Health, United States, 2017, table 94 [PDF – 9.8 MB]