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Personal expenditure on medical care and health services

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Personal expenditure on medical care and health services
  2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
  $ millions
Total personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 655,722 719,917 801,742 890,601 940,620
Total personal expenditure on medical care and health services 33,623 38,032 43,848 50,439 55,899
Medical care 15,395 16,997 19,617 22,579 25,623
Hospital care and the like 1,577 1,798 2,044 2,356 2,617
Other medical care expenses 4,546 5,178 5,490 6,371 6,688
Drugs and pharmaceutical products 12,105 14,059 16,697 19,133 20,971
  %
Percentage of all personal expenditure on medical care and health services 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.9

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