# total medical budget/medical training budget in a given state?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-medical-budget-medical-training-budget-in-a-given-state/498753 "2009-06-04T22:56:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-medical-budget-medical-training-budget-in-a-given-state/498753/1 "2009-06-04T22:56:38Z")

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How do I find information on the proportion of state GDP spent on medical care in one of the United States?

I would also like hard numbers on the number of nurses & physicians trained in a given state & the costs involved.

Heck, anything on other countries could be interesting for comparison.

I was looking for information for Missouri, found some stuff that would take me a looong time to work from, & then thought, maybe some agency has crunched the numbers & I just don’t know where to look.

I have an idea for a bill, but want to have some idea of the facts on the ground so I can write the pitch.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-medical-budget-medical-training-budget-in-a-given-state/498753/2 "2009-06-07T21:45:46Z")

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Or, you know, for the whole USA. That would be great too.

Maybe I should start there.

(Oh good grief, I need to get back to this.)