Smith Cynthia, Cowan Cathy, Heffler Stephen, Catlin Aaron
Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in Baltimore, MD, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Jan-Feb;25(1):186-96. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.1.186.
U.S. health care spending rose 7.9 percent to $1.9 trillion in 2004, or $6,280 per person. Health spending accounted for 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), nearly the same as in 2003. The pace of health spending growth has slowed, compared with the 2000-2002 period, for both public and private payers. Hospital spending accounted for 30 percent of the aggregate increase between 2002 and 2004, and prescription drugs accounted for an 11 percent share-smaller than its share of the increase in recent years and much slower in absolute terms.
2004年，美国医疗保健支出增长7.9%，达到1.9万亿美元，人均支出6280美元。医疗支出占国内生产总值（GDP）的16%，与2003年几乎持平。与2000 - 2002年期间相比，公共和私人支付者的医疗支出增长速度均有所放缓。在2002年至2004年期间的总增长中，医院支出占30%，处方药占11%，这一比例低于近年来的占比，且绝对增长速度也慢得多。
