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View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 Annual Hospital Spending Growth, Actual And Trend, GDP Price Deflated, 1961–2001 SOURCE: Authors’ calculations based on S. Heffler et al., "Health Spending Projections for 2002–2012," 7 February 2003, www.healthaffairs.org/WebExclusives/Heffler_Web_Excl_020703.htm (10 July 2003); and Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce NOTE: GDP is gross domestic product.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 Medicare Trustees’ Projections Of Effect Of Various Hospital Cost Components, 2001–2004 SOURCE: 2003 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds (Baltimore: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2003).

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