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Employers and Individual Citizens
are the sources of all of Utah's healthcare dollars
Total
healthcare expenses:
$14,200,000,000
Insurance premiums & out-of-pocket expenses: $10,650,000,000 75%
(corporations, self-employed & individuals)
Taxes:
(medicare, medicaid, CHIP)
$ 3,550,000,000
25%
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These are the best figures available to us
regarding healthcare expenses in Utah in 2008
Population: ~ 2,700,000
Total
Per Capita
%
Total Healthcare Expenses
$14,200,000,000
$5,259
100%
Hospital Care
$4,400,000,000
$1,629
31%
Physician & Clinical
Services
$3,000,000,000
$1,111
21%
Insurance Company Revenue
$2,100,000,000
$777
15%
Drugs
& Other Med Nondurables $2,000,000,000
$740 14%
Dental Services
$900,000,000
$333
6%
Nursing Home Care
$540,000,000
$200
4%
Other Professional Services
$420,000,000
$155
3%
Other Personal Health Care
$340,000,000
$126
2%
Home Health Care
$310,000,000
$115
2%
Durable Medical Products
$220,000,000
$81
2%
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Direct Patient Care:
50% $7,100,000,000
Physician encounters, nursing care, X-rays, medications...
Administrative Functions:
30%
$4,260,000,000
Eligibility, transferring medical data, billing...
Non-Clinical
Support Functions:
20% $2,840,000,000
Bricks & mortar, non-medical administrators...
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Total:
$14,200,000,000
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