Just subtract last year's total expenses from this year's total expenses and divide the difference by last year's total expenses.

The growth rate of medical income is used to predict future medical income. After my country has entered the new normal of an aging society and economy, due to the steady decline in economic growth, the pressure on local governments' medical insurance has gradually emerged. Currently, some regions are already struggling to pay for medical insurance.

According to reports, in 2012, the employee medical insurance in 322 co-ordinated areas in 24 provinces across the country was currently unable to make ends meet, with a total deficit of 7.7 billion yuan for the current period; 485 counties under the New Rural Medical Care Fund were currently unable to make ends meet, with a total deficit of 5.6 billion yuan.

It can be seen that the calculation of the total revenue of national medical services is helpful for the government and social medical insurance departments to prepare for the growing medical expenses in the future.