Table 11. Percent distribution of private health insurance benefits: Selected years 1965-90.
| Calendar year | Private health insurance benefits per capita in dollars | Total private health insurance benefits in billions | Type of personal health care expenditure | |||||||
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| Total | Hospital care | Physicians' services | Dentists' services | Other professional services | Drugs and medical sundries | Eyeglasses and appliances | Nursing home care | |||
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| Percent distribution | ||||||||||
| Historical | ||||||||||
| 1965 | $ 44 | $ 8.8 | 100.0 | 66.2 | 30.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | (1) | (1) |
| 1970 | 75 | 15.6 | 100.0 | 63.6 | 31.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | (1) | 0.1 |
| 1972 | 89 | 19.1 | 100.0 | 62.8 | 31.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1975 | 137 | 30.1 | 100.0 | 61.3 | 31.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1980 | 246 | 57.0 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 28.9 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1981 | 285 | 66.8 | 100.0 | 59.0 | 28.5 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1982 | 324 | 76.6 | 100.0 | 58.7 | 28.3 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Projected | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 388 | 93.3 | 100.0 | 58.2 | 27.7 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| 1987 | 509 | 125.7 | 100.0 | 58.4 | 26.7 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 1990 | 650 | 164.8 | 100.0 | 59.0 | 25.8 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1
Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Health Care Financing Administration.