Table A. Medicare benefit payments, by type of service and administrative expenses: 1967-90.
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| Calendar year | Benefits And administrative expenses | Total | Hospital care | Physicians' services | Other professional services2 | Eyeglasses and appliances | Nursing home care | Other personal health care | Administrative expenses |
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| Historical3 | |||||||||
| 1967 | $ 4.7 | $ 4.5 | $ 3.1 | $ 1.1 | (5) | (5) | $0.2 | (5) | $0.2 |
| 1968 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 1.4 | $0.1 | (5) | 0.4 | (5) | 0.3 |
| 1969 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.1 | (5) | 0.3 | (5) | 0.3 |
| 1970 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | (5) | 0.3 | (5) | 0.4 |
| 1971 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 | $0.1 | 0.2 | (5) | 0.4 |
| 1972 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | (5) | 0.5 |
| 1973 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | (5) | 0.6 |
| 1974 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | (5) | 0.7 |
| 1975 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | (5) | 0.7 |
| 1976 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | $0.1 | 0.9 |
| 1977 | 22.5 | 21.8 | 16.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| 1978 | 25.9 | 24.9 | 18.4 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 30.3 | 29.3 | 21.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 36.8 | 35.7 | 26.0 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 44.8 | 43.5 | 31.3 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 52.2 | 50.9 | 36.3 | 11.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Projected4 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 67.9 | 66.5 | 46.1 | 15.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| 1987 | 96.4 | 94.7 | 64.6 | 24.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1990 | 133.6 | 131.5 | 88.7 | 34.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Service categories used in this Table differ from those used in the annual reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. For example, hospital-based home health services appear as hospital care rather than as home health services, which are included in other professional services.
Hospice benefits are included with other professional services. The benefit provision was effective November 1, 1983, and expires October 1, 1986.
Historical data are from Gibson et al. (1983).
Projections are derived from Assumptions II-B (intermediate) of the Board of Trustees' 1983 annual reports. However, growth rates for hospital inpatient expenses were modified by the Medicare actuaries to reflect minor changes associated with the implementation of the Medicare PPS. Projections of Medicare outlays are updated periodically through the year to reflect changes in regulations and revised forecasts of the economy.
Less than $50 million.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Office of Financial and Actuarial Analysis.