Hospital care remains the largest user of NHE funds, spending 31 percent of annual healthcare expenditures.

Where it Went

*Projected by CMS

**Other spending includes dental services, other professional services, durable medical products, over-the-counter medicines and sundries, public health activities, research and construction, and government administration and net costs of private health insurance.

Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2007)