Kaiser
Family Foundation recently updated their health spending explorer tool with
data from 2015. Here are some key findings about dental expenditures from the
report:
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$117.5 billion was spent on dental
care in 2015.
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Spending on dental care was $366 per
capital in 2015.
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0.7% GDP was used for dental care in
2015.
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Total dental spending increased $4.7
billion from 2014 to 2015.
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3.7% of total health spending in 2015
was used for dental care.
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The annual percent change in dental
spending in 2015 was 4.2%.
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Source:
Health System Tracker, December 7, 2016
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