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THE NATION'S HEALTH CARE DOLLAR: 2006
WHERE IT COMES FROM (1)

(1) Does not add to 100 percent due to rounding.
(2) State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group

CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR INSURANCE AND
RELATED ITEMS AND ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE, 1998-2007

(Base: 1982-84=100)

	Cost of living (all items)		Motor vehicle insurance		Medical care items		Physicians’ services		Hospital services (1)
Year	Index	Percent change	Index	Percent change	Index	Percent change	Index	Percent change	Index	Percent change
1998	163.0	1.6%	254.3	1.1%	242.1	3.2%	229.5	3.0%	105.0	3.2%
1999	166.6	2.2	253.8	-0.2	250.6	3.5	236.0	2.8	109.3	4.1
2000	172.2	3.4	256.7	1.1	260.8	4.1	244.7	3.7	115.9	6.0
2001	177.1	2.8	268.1	4.4	272.8	4.6	253.6	3.6	123.6	6.6
2002	179.9	1.6	291.6	8.8	285.6	4.7	260.6	2.8	134.7	9.0
2003	184.0	2.3	314.4	7.8	297.1	4.0	267.7	2.7	144.7	7.4
2004	188.9	2.7	323.2	2.8	310.1	4.4	278.3	4.0	153.4	6.0
2005	195.3	3.4	329.9	2.1	323.2	4.2	287.5	3.3	161.6	5.3
2006	201.6	3.2	331.8	0.6	336.2	4.0	291.9	1.5	172.1	6.5
2007	207.3	2.8	333.1	0.4	351.1	4.4	303.2	3.9	183.6	6.7
Percent change 1998-2007		27.2		31.0		45.0		32.1		74.9
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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES, AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENT GROWTH
FROM PRIOR YEAR, 1993-2017

(1) Average annual growth from 1970 through 1993; marks the beginning of the shift to managed care.
(2) Projected.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

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