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Engaging and Empowering Consumers

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Engaging and Empowering Consumers: Cost

Percentage of Consumer Expenditures by Type, Lowest and Highest Quintiles, 1984 and 2005

As a percentage of total expenditures, consumers are spending more on healthcare.

Note: Quintiles per the Consumer Expenditures Survey

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007) Consumer Expenditures Survey


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