Health Expenditures

**Definition:** The amounts spent by individuals, groups, nations, or private or public organizations for total health care and/or its various components. These amounts may or may not be equivalent to the actual costs (HEALTH CARE COSTS) and may or may not be shared among the patient, insurers, and/or employers.

**Tree numbers:** - N03.219.151.450 - N05.300.385

**Synonyms:** - Expenditures, Health - Health Expenditure