|
| health | = | total personal health care expenditures by residents of state i in
1998 (in millions of current dollars) |
| hosp | = | hospital care expenditures in 1998 in state i
(in millions of current dollars) |
| phys | = | expenditures on physicians and other professional medical services in 1998 in state i
(in millions of current dollars) |
| drugs | = | prescription drug expenditures in 1998 in state i in
1998 (in millions of current dollars) |
| nurshome | = | nursing home care expenditures in 1998 in state i
(in millions of current dollars) |
| Income | = | personal income in state i in 1998 (in billions of current dollars) |
| Pop | = | population of state i in 1998 (in thousands) |
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2000, 2001.