Table 9. Percentage Distribution of Health Care Expenditures by Channels of Payment for Hospital Care, Physicians' Services and All Other Health Care Services, Calendar Year 1977.
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| Total | Direct Payments | Private Health Insurance | Other | Total | Medicare | Medicaid | Other | ||
| All Personal Health Care | |||||||||
| All Ages | 100.0 | 61.0 | 31.8 | 27.9 | 1.3 | 39.0 | 14.6 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| Under 19 | 100.0 | 71.5 | 38.1 | 32.7 | .7 | 28.5 | .1 | 15.6 | 12.8 |
| 19-64 | 100.0 | 71.2 | 31.9 | 37.4 | 1.9 | 28.8 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 16.9 |
| 65 and Over | 100.0 | 36.1 | 29.1 | 6.6 | .4 | 63.9 | 44.2 | 13.8 | 5.9 |
| Hospital Care | |||||||||
| All Ages | 100.0 | 45.6 | 8.3 | 36.2 | 1.1 | 54.4 | 23.9 | 9.5 | 21.0 |
| Under 19 | 100.0 | 54.6 | 3.7 | 50.7 | .2 | 45.4 | — | 25.0 | 20.4 |
| 19-64 | 100.0 | 59.2 | 10.7 | 46.9 | 1.6 | 40.8 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 26.3 |
| 65 and Over | 100.0 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 7.1 | .3 | 88.0 | 74.7 | 3.9 | 9.4 |
| Physician Care | |||||||||
| All Ages | 100.0 | 74.1 | 33.9 | 40.1 | .1 | 25.9 | 14.7 | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Under 19 | 100.0 | 84.4 | 38.7 | 45.7 | — | 15.6 | .4 | 12.1 | 3.1 |
| 19-64 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 35.7 | 48.6 | .1 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 7.5 |
| 65 and Over | 100.0 | 41.8 | 26.2 | 15.5 | — | 58.2 | 54.2 | 3.1 | .9 |
| All Other Care | |||||||||
| All Ages | 100.0 | 73.9 | 62.5 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 26.1 | 1.9 | 16.7 | 7.5 |
| Under 19 | 100.0 | 78.5 | 70.2 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 21.5 | — | 9.2 | 12.3 |
| 19-64 | 100.0 | 81.2 | 63.4 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 18.8 | .2 | 10.2 | 8.4 |
| 65 and Over | 100.0 | 60.6 | 58.0 | 1.9 | .7 | 39.4 | 5.3 | 29.9 | 4.2 |