Detailed Data 3 Changes in National Medical Care Expenditure and Percentage Distribution

Year	National medical care expenditure	General medical fees	Hospitals	General clinics	Impatient medical fees	Hospitals	General clinics	Outpatient medical fees	Hospitals	General clinics	Dental medical fees	Pharmacy dispensing medical fees	Hospital meals and living expenses	Medical treatment fees at health service facilities for the elderly	Home-visit nursing medical fees
Estimated amount (¥100 million)
1962	6,132	5,372	2,948	2,424	2,344	2,072	272	3,028	875	2,153	759	...	.	.	.
1965	11,224	10,082	5,499	4,583	4,104	3,635	469	5,978	1,864	4,113	1,143	...	.	.	.
1970	24,962	22,513	12,121	10,392	8,799	7,801	998	13,714	4,320	9,394	2,448	...	.	.	.
1975	64,779	59,102	32,996	26,106	25,427	22,640	2,787	33,675	10,356	23,319	5,677	...	.	.	.
1980	119,805	105,349	62,970	42,379	48,341	43,334	5,007	57,008	19,636	37,372	12,807	1,649	.	.	.
1985	160,159	140,287	92,091	48,195	70,833	65,054	5,778	69,454	27,037	42,417	16,778	3,094	.	.	.
1990	206,074	179,764	123,256	56,507	85,553	80,470	5,082	94,211	42,786	51,425	20,354	5,290	.	666	.
1995	269,577	218,683	148,543	70,140	99,229	94,545	4,684	119,454	53,997	65,456	23,837	12,662	10,801	3,385	210
2000	301,418	237,960	161,670	76,290	113,019	108,642	4,376	124,941	53,028	71,913	25,569	27,605	10,003	.	282
2001	310,998	242,494	164,536	77,958	115,219	110,841	4,378	127,275	53,695	73,580	26,041	32,140	9,999	.	324
2002	309,507	238,160	162,569	75,591	115,537	111,180	4,357	122,623	51,389	71,234	25,875	35,297	9,835	.	339
2003	315,375	240,931	164,077	76,854	117,231	112,942	4,289	123,700	51,135	72,565	25,375	38,907	9,815	.	348
2004	321,111	243,627	164,764	78,863	118,464	114,047	4,417	125,163	50,717	74,446	25,377	41,935	9,780	.	392
2005	331,289	249,677	167,955	81,722	121,178	116,624	4,555	128,499	51,331	77,167	25,766	45,608	9,807	.	431
2006	331,276	250,468	168,943	81,525	122,543	117,885	4,658	127,925	51,058	76,867	25,039	47,061	8,229	.	479
2007	341,360	256,418	173,102	83,316	126,132	121,349	4,782	130,287	51,753	78,534	24,996	51,222	8,206	.	518
Percentage distribution (%)
1962	100.0	87.6	48.1	39.5	38.2	33.8	4.4	49.4	14.3	35.1	12.4	...	.	.	.
1965	100.0	89.8	49.0	40.8	36.6	32.4	4.2	53.3	16.6	36.6	10.2	...	.	.	.
1970	100.0	90.2	48.6	41.6	35.2	31.3	4.0	54.9	17.3	37.6	9.8	...	.	.	.
1975	100.0	91.2	50.9	40.3	39.3	34.9	4.3	52.0	16.0	36.0	8.8	...	.	.	.
1980	100.0	87.9	52.6	35.4	40.3	36.2	4.2	47.6	16.4	31.2	10.7	1.4	.	.	.
1985	100.0	87.6	57.5	30.1	44.2	40.6	3.6	43.4	16.9	26.5	10.5	1.9	.	.	.
1990	100.0	87.2	59.8	27.4	41.5	39.0	2.5	45.7	20.8	25.0	9.9	2.6	.	0.3	.
1995	100.0	81.1	55.1	26.0	36.8	35.1	1.7	44.3	20.0	24.3	8.8	4.7	4.0	1.3	0.1
2000	100.0	78.9	53.6	25.3	37.5	36.0	1.5	41.5	17.6	23.9	8.5	9.2	3.3	.	0.1
2001	100.0	78.0	52.9	25.1	37.0	35.6	1.4	40.9	17.3	23.7	8.4	10.3	3.2	.	0.1
2002	100.0	76.9	52.5	24.4	37.3	35.9	1.4	39.6	16.6	23.0	8.4	11.4	3.2	.	0.1
2003	100.0	76.4	52.0	24.4	37.2	35.8	1.4	39.2	16.2	23.0	8.0	12.3	3.1	.	0.1
2004	100.0	75.9	51.3	24.6	36.9	35.5	1.4	39.0	15.8	23.2	7.9	13.1	3.0	.	0.1
2005	100.0	75.4	50.7	24.7	36.6	35.2	1.4	38.8	15.5	23.3	7.8	13.8	3.0	.	0.1
2006	100.0	75.6	51.0	24.6	37.0	35.6	1.4	38.6	15.4	23.2	7.6	14.2	2.5	.	0.1
2007	100.0	75.1	50.7	24.4	36.9	35.5	1.4	38.2	15.2	23.0	7.3	15.0	2.4	.	0.2
Year	National medical care expenditure	Medical fees of medical treatment 6)	Hospitals	General clinics	Impatient medical fees	Hospitals	General clinics	Outpatient medical fees	Hospitals	General clinics	Dental medical fees	Pharmacy dispensing medical fees	Hospital meals and living expenses	Home-visit nursing medical fees	Medical care expense, etc. 6)
2008	348,084	254,452	172,298	82,154	128,205	123,685	4,520	126,247	48,613	77,634	25,777	53,955	8,152	605	5,143
2009	360,067	262,041	178,848	83,193	132,559	128,266	4,293	129,482	50,582	78,900	25,587	58,228	8,161	665	5,384
2010	374,202	272,228	188,276	83,953	140,908	136,416	4,492	131,320	51,860	79,460	26,020	61,412	8,297	740	5,505
Percentage distribution (%)
2008	100.0	73.1	49.5	23.6	36.8	35.5	1.3	36.3	14.0	22.3	7.4	15.5	2.3	0.2	1.5
2009	100.0	72.8	49.7	23.1	36.8	35.6	1.2	36.0	14.0	21.9	7.1	16.2	2.3	0.2	1.5
2010	100.0	72.7	50.3	22.4	37.7	36.5	1.2	35.1	13.9	21.2	7.0	16.4	2.2	0.2	1.5

Source: “Estimates of National Medical Care Expenditure”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW

(Note) 1. With the enforcement of long-term care insurance system in April 2000, some of the expenses that were subjected to national medical care expenditure were transferred to long-term care insurance fees and are no longer included in national medical expenditure on and after FY2000.

expenditure were transferred to long-term care insurance fees and are no longer included in national medical expenditure on and after FY2000.

2. Estimation of figures in this table has been made since FY1962.

3. Pharmacy dispensing was included in outpatient medical fees until they were newly classified as a separate item in FY1977.

4. Figures until FY2005 indicate “hospital meal expenses” (total amount of hospital meal expenses and standard co-payment) and figures since FY2006 indicate the total amount of hospital meal expenses, standard co-payment for meal expenses, hospital living expenses, and standard co-payment for living expenses.

5. Medical treatment fees at health service facilities for the elderly are not included in national health expenditure on and after FY2000 because the these fees are those who are certified for long-term care need.

6. “Medical fees of medical treatment” and “medical care expenses, etc.” were included in “general medical fees” until they were newly classified as a separate item in FY2008.