Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries

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Figure 2. The nation's health dollar, calendar year 2005: where it went.

“Physician and Clinical Services” includes offices of physicians, outpatient care centers, and medical and diagnostic laboratories. “Other Spending” includes dentist services, other professional services, home health, durable medical products, over-the-counter medicines and sundries, public health, other personal health care, research, and structures and equipment. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group.

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