Table P. Percent distribution of total systems cost by source of funds: Selected years 1950-90¹.

					All third parties
Calendar year	Current dollars		Total systems cost	Patient direct payments	Total private and public	Private health insurance	Other private	Public
	Total systems cost per capita In dollars	Total systems cost in billions						Total	Federal	State and local
Historical estimates					Percent distribution
1950	$ 70	$ 10.9	100.0	65.5	34.5	9.1	2.9	22.4	10.4	12.0
1960	129	23.7	100.0	54.9	45.1	21.1	2.3	21.8	9.3	12.5
1965	181	35.8	100.0	51.8	48.2	24.4	2.2	21.6	10.1	11.4
1970	312	65.1	100.0	39.9	60.1	24.0	1.6	34.5	22.3	12.2
1972	376	80.2	100.0	38.6	61.4	23.8	1.6	36.0	23.6	12.4
1975	531	116.8	100.0	33.4	66.6	25.8	1.4	39.5	26.9	12.6
1980	947	219.4	100.0	32.9	67.1	26.0	1.4	39.7	28.6	11.2
1981	1,088	254.6	100.0	32.2	67.7	26.2	1.4	40.1	29.2	10.9
1982	1,215	286.9	100.0	31.5	68.5	26.7	1.5	40.3	29.2	11.1
Projections
1984	1,452	349.4	100.0	31.4	68.6	26.7	1.4	40.5	30.1	10.4
1987	1,907	471.3	100.0	31.3	68.8	26.7	1.4	40.7	30.8	9.9
1990	2,442	619.0	100.0	30.8	69.2	26.6	1.4	41.2	31.7	9.5

¹Total systems cost is called “personal health care expenditures” in Gibson, et al. (1983).

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Office of Financial and Actuarial Analysis.