-2%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%14.4%14.5%

11.8%

9.3%9.2%

8.0%

6.4%

8.0%

11.2% 10.0%10.5%

8.0%

7.1% 6.2%

4.4%4.5%4.5%

4.5%4.7%5.3%

6.3%

7.3%

8.5%7.6%

6.0%6.1%

5.5%5.2%

3.7%3.2%2.9%

3.2%

13.5%

10.3%

6.2%

3.2%

4.3%3.6%

1.9%

3.6%4.1%

4.8%

5.4%

4.2%

3.0%3.0%2.6%

2.8%

3.0%

2.3%

1.6%2.2%

3.4%

2.8%

1.6%2.3%

2.7%

3.4%

3.2%

2.8%

3.8%

-0.4%

1.6%

3.2%

Annual Increase in NHE per Capita

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/ (see Historical; National Health Expenditures by type of service and source of funds; file nhe11.zip), and CPI data from Bureau of Labor Statistics at ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt (All Urban Consumers, All Items, 1982-1984=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted, U.S. city average).

Percent Annual Increase in National Health Expenditures (NHE) per Capita vs. Increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI), 1980-2011