NATIONAL-HEALTH EXPENDITURES, 1996

The national health expenditures (NHE) series presented in this report for 1960-96 provides a view of the economic history of health care in the United States through spending for health care services and the s ources financing that care, lit 1996 NHE topped $1 trillion. At the sa me time, spending grew at the slowest rate, 4.4 percent, ever recorded in the current series. For the first time, this article presents esti mates of Medicare managed care payments by type of service, as well as nursing home and home health spending in hospital-based facilities.