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FIGURE 2
National Health Expenditures, Billions of Dollars, 1970-2002

YearNational Health
Expenditures
Percent Change
Nominal
Expenditures
Percent Change
Inflation Adjusted
Expenditures
1970$73.2
1980$247.212.9%5.1%
1985$428.211.6%6.1%
1990$697.510.2%6.2%
1991$761.79.2%5.0%
1992$834.29.5%6.5%
1993$892.16.9%3.9%
1994$937.15.1%2.5%
1995$988.55.5%2.7%
Projected Health Care Expenditures
1996$1,0314.4%1.5%
1997$1,0966.3%2.4%
1998$1,1646.2%2.3%
1999$1,2396.5%2.5%
2000$1,3196.4%2.4%
2001$1,4026.3%2.3%
2002$1,4926.4%2.4%

SOURCE: Historic data from the Health Care Financing Administration, author’s projections.

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