National Health Expenditures, 1929–68
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چکیده
Th& article departs &ghtZy from previous ones in the annual series on national heaZth expenditures. Data were fomerly presented for calendar years beginning with 1950. This year the article presents historical data back to 1929, on both a fiscal-year and calendar-year basis. Detailed fiscal-year data by source of funds and type of program are reported regularly in the annual report on sociaZ welfare expenditures in the December Bulletin.’ Summary highlights are presented here for the fiscal year 1969. As in pnst years, however, much of the discussion and tabuZa,r data will focus on developments in the calendar year 1968.
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