(This Dec. 5 story corrects first paragraph to say growth was slower not decline...
FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
The total national health expenditures last year grew 4.6% to $3.6 trillion, or $11,172 per person, boosted by faster growth in private health insurance and government-sponsored health insurance programs, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. Consumers also paid more out-of-pocket for retail prescription drugs, medical equipment and dental services last year, offseting a fall in hospital care expenses, CMS said.
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