Table 1. Number of Short-Stay Hospital Admissions (or Discharges) by Data Source, for Persons Age 65 and Over, U.S., 1967—1979.
| Year | NHDS | Medicare1 | Medicare As a Percent of NHDS | AHA | AHA As a Percent of NHDS | NHIS | NHIS As a Percent of NHDS |
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| 1967 | 5,215 | 5,241 | 100.5 | 5,337 | 102.3 | 3,543 | 67.9 |
| 1968 | 5,520 | 5,927 | 107.4 | 5,711 | 103.5 | 4,113 | 74.5 |
| 1969 | 5,694 | 5,954 | 104.6 | 6,058 | 106.4 | 4,491 | 78.9 |
| 1970 | 5,883 | 6,044 | 102.7 | 6,216 | 105.7 | 4,443 | 75.5 |
| 1971 | 5,986 | 6,227 | 104.0 | 6,428 | 107.4 | 4,565 | 76.3 |
| 1972 | 6,634 | 6,520 | 98.3 | 6,823 | 102.8 | 5,225 | 78.8 |
| 1973 | 6,937 | 6,771 | 97.6 | 7,213 | 104.0 | 4,816 | 69.4 |
| 1974 | 7,185 | 7,067 | 98.4 | 7,647 | 106.4 | 5,271 | 73.4 |
| 1975 | 7,654 | 7,320 | 95.6 | 7,992 | 104.4 | 5,318 | 69.5 |
| 1976 | 7,912 | 7,706 | 97.4 | 8,553 | 108.1 | 6,039 | 76.3 |
| 1977 | 8,344 | 8,044 | 96.4 | 8,927 | 107.0 | 6,114 | 73.3 |
| 1978 | 8,708 | 8,308 | 95.4 | 9,362 | 107.5 | 6,101 | 70.1 |
| 1979 | 9,086 | 8,605 | 94.7 | 9,856 | 108.6 | 6,301 | 69.3 |
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Medicare admissions are for “All Areas” including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and so forth, and thus, are higher than the United States totals in Table 4.