Levit K R, Lazenby H C, Braden B R
Health Aff (Millwood). 1998 Jan-Feb;17(1):35-51. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.1.35.
The National Health Accounts, produced annually by the Health Care Financing Administration's Office of the Actuary, present estimates for 1960-1996 of nationwide spending for health care and the sources funding that care. This year's estimates set two records: Spending topped $1 trillion for the first time, and expenditure growth slowed to the lowest rate seen in thirty-seven years of measuring health care spending--4.4 percent. The combination of decelerating health spending and a growing economy has kept national health spending as a share of the nation's gross domestic product unchanged for the fourth consecutive year.
由医疗保健财务管理局精算办公室每年编制的《国家卫生账户》提供了1960年至1996年全国医疗保健支出及其资金来源的估计数据。今年的估计创下了两项纪录：支出首次突破1万亿美元，支出增长放缓至三十七年来衡量医疗保健支出的最低水平——4.4%。医疗支出减速与经济增长相结合，使国民医疗支出占国内生产总值的比例连续第四年保持不变。
