Table 13. Percent distribution of personal health care expenditures per capita for people 65 years of age or over, by source of funds and type of service: United States, 1984 and 1977.
| Year and source of funds | Type of service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total care | Hospital | Physician | Nursing home | Other care | |
| 1984 | |||||
| Total per capita | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Private | 32.8 | 11.4 | 39.7 | 51.9 | 65.3 |
| Consumer | 32.4 | 11.0 | 39.6 | 51.2 | 64.8 |
| Out-of-pocket | 25.2 | 3.1 | 26.1 | 50.1 | 59.9 |
| Insurance | 7.2 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| Other private | 0.4 | 0.4 | .0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Government | 67.2 | 88.6 | 60.3 | 48.1 | 34.7 |
| Medicare | 48.8 | 74.8 | 57.8 | 2.1 | 19.9 |
| Medicaid | 12.8 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 41.5 | 11.4 |
| Other government | 5.6 | 9.1 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| 1977 | |||||
| Total per capita | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Private | 36.1 | 12.3 | 42.7 | 50.7 | 76.2 |
| Consumer | 35.7 | 12.0 | 42.7 | 50.0 | 75.5 |
| Out-of-pocket | 29.3 | 4.9 | 27.6 | 49.2 | 72.3 |
| Insurance | 6.4 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Other private | 0.4 | 0.3 | .0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Government | 63.9 | 87.7 | 57.3 | 49.3 | 23.8 |
| Medicare | 44.1 | 74.5 | 53.4 | 3.3 | 9.6 |
| Medicaid | 13.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 41.6 | 10.4 |
| Other government | 5.8 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
SOURCE: Office of Financial and Actuarial Analysis, Health Care Financing Administration