Table A-5. National Health Expenditures by Source of Funds and Percent of Gross National Product, Selected Calendar Years, 1950-1990.
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| 1950 | $286.5 | $ 12.7 | $ 82 | 4.4% | $ 9.2 | 72.8% | $ 3.4 | 27.2% | $1.6 | 12.8% | $1.8 | 14.4% |
| 1955 | 400.0 | 17.7 | 105 | 4.4 | 13.2 | 74.3 | 4.6 | 25.7 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 14.4 |
| 1960 | 506.5 | 26.9 | 146 | 5.3 | 20.3 | 75.3 | 6.6 | 24.7 | 3.0 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| 1965 | 691.0 | 41.7 | 211 | 6.0 | 30.9 | 74.1 | 10.8 | 25.9 | 5.5 | 13.3 | 5.2 | 12.6 |
| 1966 | 756.0 | 46.1 | 230 | 6.1 | 32.5 | 70.6 | 13.6 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 16.1 | 6.1 | 13.3 |
| 1967 | 799.6 | 51.3 | 254 | 6.4 | 32.4 | 63.1 | 19.0 | 36.9 | 11.9 | 23.2 | 7.0 | 13.7 |
| 1968 | 873.4 | 58.2 | 285 | 6.7 | 36.1 | 62.0 | 22.1 | 38.0 | 14.1 | 24.3 | 8.0 | 13.7 |
| 1969 | 944.0 | 65.7 | 318 | 7.0 | 40.8 | 62.1 | 24.9 | 37.9 | 16.1 | 24.5 | 8.8 | 13.4 |
| 1970 | 992.7 | 74.7 | 358 | 7.5 | 46.9 | 62.8 | 27.8 | 37.2 | 17.7 | 23.7 | 10.1 | 13.6 |
| 1971 | 1,077.6 | 83.3 | 394 | 7.7 | 51.6 | 62.0 | 31.7 | 38.0 | 20.3 | 24.4 | 11.3 | 13.6 |
| 1972 | 1,185.9 | 93.5 | 438 | 7.9 | 58.1 | 62.1 | 35.4 | 37.9 | 22.9 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
| 1973 | 1,326.4 | 103.2 | 478 | 7.8 | 63.9 | 61.9 | 39.3 | 38.1 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 1,434.2 | 116.4 | 535 | 8.1 | 69.3 | 59.5 | 47.1 | 40.5 | 30.4 | 26.2 | 16.6 | 14.3 |
| 1975 | 1,549.2 | 132.7 | 604 | 8.6 | 76.5 | 57.7 | 56.2 | 42.3 | 37.1 | 27.9 | 19.1 | 14.4 |
| 1976 | 1,718.0 | 149.7 | 674 | 8.7 | 86.7 | 57.9 | 62.9 | 42.1 | 42.6 | 28.5 | 20.3 | 13.6 |
| 1977 | 1,918.3 | 169.2 | 755 | 8.8 | 99.1 | 58.6 | 70.1 | 41.4 | 47.4 | 28.0 | 22.7 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 2,163.8 | 189.3 | 836 | 8.8 | 109.8 | 58.0 | 79.5 | 42.0 | 53.9 | 28.4 | 25.7 | 13.6 |
| 1979 | 2,417.8 | 215.0 | 938 | 8.9 | 124.4 | 57.9 | 90.6 | 42.1 | 61.0 | 28.4 | 29.5 | 13.7 |
| 1980 | 2,633.1 | 249.0 | 1,075 | 9.5 | 143.6 | 57.7 | 105.4 | 42.3 | 71.1 | 28.5 | 34.3 | 13.8 |
| 1981 | 2,937.7 | 286.6 | 1,225 | 9.8 | 164.1 | 57.3 | 122.5 | 42.7 | 83.9 | 29.2 | 38.6 | 13.5 |
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| 1983 | 3,468.9 | 362.3 | 1,521 | 10.4 | 211.2 | 58.3 | 151.1 | 41.7 | 104.2 | 28.8 | 46.9 | 12.9 |
| 1985 | 4,207.4 | 456.4 | 1,882 | 10.8 | 268.2 | 58.8 | 188.1 | 41.2 | 131.5 | 28.8 | 56.6 | 12.4 |
| 1990 | 6,304.1 | 755.6 | 2,982 | 12.0 | 430.9 | 57.0 | 324.7 | 43.0 | 231.6 | 30.7 | 93.1 | 12.3 |
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| 1950-1955 | 6.9% | 6.9% | 5.2% | — | 7.4% | — | 5.8% | — | 4.6% | — | 7.6% | — |
| 1955-1960 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 6.8 | — | 9.0 | — | 7.8 | — | 8.5 | — | 6.7 | — |
| 1960-1965 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 7.6 | — | 8.8 | — | 10.2 | — | 12.9 | — | 7.6 | — |
| 1965-1970 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | — | 8.7 | — | 20.8 | — | 26.1 | — | 14.0 | — |
| 1970-1975 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 11.0 | — | 10.3 | — | 15.1 | — | 16.0 | — | 13.6 | — |
| 1975-1980 | 11.2 | 13.4 | 12.2 | — | 13.4 | — | 13.4 | — | 13.9 | — | 12.5 | — |
| 1950-1980 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 8.9 | — | 9.6 | — | 12.1 | — | 13.5 | — | 10.2 | — |
| 1970-1980 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 11.6 | — | 11.8 | — | 14.3 | — | 14.9 | — | 13.0 | — |
| 1980-1990 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 10.7 | — | 11.6 | — | 11.9 | — | 12.5 | — | 10.5 | — |
| 1981-1983 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 11.4 | — | 13.4 | — | 11.1 | — | 11.4 | — | 10.3 | — |
| 1983-1985 | 10.1 | 12.2 | 11.2 | — | 12.7 | — | 11.6 | — | 12.3 | — | 9.9 | — |
| 1980-1985 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 11.9 | — | 13.3 | — | 12.3 | — | 13.1 | — | 10.5 | — |
| 1985-1990 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 9.6 | — | 9.9 | — | 11.5 | — | 12.0 | — | 10.4 | — |
| 1971-1981 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 12.0 | — | 12.3 | — | 14.5 | — | 15.2 | — | 13.1 | — |
| 1981-1990 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 10.4 | — | 11.3 | — | 11.4 | — | 11.9 | — | 10.3 | — |
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Historical estimates are from Robert M. Gibson and Daniel R. Waldo, “National Health Expenditures, 1981,” Health Care Financing Review, September 1982, pp. 1-36.