March 25, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Consumer out-of-pocket health care expenditures in 2008

Aggregate out-of-pocket health care expenditures, 2008
Category	Expenditure
Health care total (1)	$138,527,000,000
Hospital care	21,120,000,000
In-patient care	12,209,000,000
Outpatient / emergency room care	8,912,000,000
Physicians' services	21,993,000,000
Dental services	30,741,000,000
Other professional services	11,170,000,000
Prescription drugs	42,962,000,000
Medical supplies	10,541,000,000
Footnotes: (1) Excludes health insurance premiums, nursing home care, nonpresecription drugs, nonprescription vitamins, and topicals and dressings.

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