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Medicaid's medical assistance outlays in the United States by type of payment 2015

Medicaid's medical assistance outlays in the United States in 2015, by type of payment (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data describes Medicaid's medical assistance outlays in 2015, distributed by type of payment. In that year, Medicaid spent more than 160 billion USD on acute care benefits in the U.S. in total.

Acute care benefits	98.9	61.5	160.4
Long-term care benefits	64.8	47.9	112.8
Capitation payments and premiums	161.6	81.4	243
Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments	10.6	8	18.6
Adjustments	-5.9	-4.2	-10.1

Medicaid's medical assistance outlays in the United States by type of payment 2015

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