Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S.
Unit:Financing Health Care - Part 1
Lecture:The role of health care in the U.S. economy
Slide content:National Health Expenditures and Their Share of GDP, 1963-2023 *2013 figure reflects a 3.1% increase in gross domestic product (GDP) and a 3.6% increase in national health spending over the prior year. 12
Slide notes:This chart, prepared by the California HealthC are Foundation, illustrates the increase in total national health care spending in billions of dollars for select years from 1963 until 2013 and projected to 2023, and as a percentage of GDP. Between 2009 and 2013, health care spending as a share of the economy remained stable at just over 17%. However, it is projected to increase to 19% by 2023.