title: National health expenditures, 1997.
abstract: In 1997 health spending in the United States increased just 4.8 percent to $1.1 trillion. As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), national health expenditures (NHE) absorbed 13.5 percent of the country's output in 1997--a share that has remained relatively constant for 5 years. Despite the relative stability in recent years, signs of changing trends are emerging.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Braden
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lazenby
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McDonnell
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sensenig
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Whittle
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Donham
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017149:Private Sector; D014481:United States