Components of Health Care Spending by Medicare Households, 2006

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Components of Health Care Spending by Medicare
Households, 2006
Share of Total Spending
Average Total Spending 28,908
Health Insurance(62.9 of Health Care)
8.8
Other Household Spending85.9
Health care 14.1
Prescription Drugs(18.1)
2.5
Medical services(15.3)
2.1
Medical supplies(3.8)
0.5
Average Health Care Spending 4,068
NOTES Numbers may not sum to total due to
rounding. SOURCE Kaiser Family Foundation
analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey
Interview and Expense Files, 2006.