In 2001:
Total Medicare spending:
• $251 billion
Medicare spending distribution:
• Inpatient hospital: 38 percent
• Physician fee schedule: 17 percent
• Managed care: 15 percent
• Other: 12 percent
• Skilled nursing facilities: 5 percent
• Other hospital: 5 percent
• Home health: 3 percent
• Durable medical equipment: 2 percent
• Hospice: 1 percent
In 2011:
Total Medicare spending:
• $549 billion
Medicare spending distribution:
• Inpatient hospital: 24 percent
• Managed care: 23 percent
• Physician fee schedule: 12 percent
• Prescription drugs provided under Part D: 12 percent
• Other: 9 percent
• Skilled nursing facilities: 6 percent
• Other hospital: 6 percent
• Home health: 4 percent
• Hospice: 3 percent
• Durable medical equipment: 1 percent
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