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CMS Office of the Actuary Releases 2017 National Health Expenditures
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS], U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] Dec. 7, 2018
"Hospital spending (33 percent of total healthcare spending) decelerated in 2017, growing 4.6 percent to $1.1 trillion compared to 5.6 percent growth in 2016.... Physician and clinical services spending (20 percent of total healthcare spending) increased 4.2 percent to $694.3 billion in 2017.... Retail prescription drug spending (10 percent of total healthcare spending) slowed in 2017, increasing 0.4 percent to $333.4 billion.... The 3.9 percent growth in healthcare spending was slightly slower than growth in the overall economy (4.2 percent) in 2017."
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