Table 14. Percent distribution of personal health care expenditures per capita for people 65 years of age or over by type of service, according to source of funds: United States, 1984 and 1977.
| Year and source of funds | Total per capita | Type of service | ||||
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| Total | Hospital | Physician | Nursing home | Other Care | ||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Total per capita | $4,202 | 100.0 | 45.2 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 13.2 |
| Private | 1,379 | 100.0 | 15.7 | 25.0 | 33.1 | 26.2 |
| Consumer | 1,363 | 100.0 | 15.3 | 25.3 | 33.1 | 26.3 |
| Out-of-pocket | 1,059 | 100.0 | 5.6 | 21.4 | 41.6 | 31.3 |
| Insurance | 304 | 100.0 | 49.2 | 38.6 | 3.3 | 8.9 |
| Other private | 16 | 100.0 | 42.1 | 1.9 | 39.1 | 17.0 |
| Government | 2,823 | 100.0 | 59.7 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 6.8 |
| Medicare | 2,051 | 100.0 | 69.2 | 24.5 | 0.9 | 5.4 |
| Medicaid | 536 | 100.0 | 17.0 | 3.1 | 68.1 | 11.8 |
| Other government | 236 | 100.0 | 73.2 | 2.4 | 16.5 | 7.9 |
| 1977 | ||||||
| Total per capita | 1,785 | 100.0 | 43.5 | 17.9 | 24.6 | 13.9 |
| Private | 644 | 100.0 | 14.8 | 21.2 | 34.6 | 29.4 |
| Consumer | 637 | 100.0 | 14.6 | 21.4 | 34.5 | 29.4 |
| Out-of-pocket | 522 | 100.0 | 7.3 | 16.9 | 41.4 | 34.4 |
| Insurance | 115 | 100.0 | 47.9 | 42.0 | 3.1 | 7.0 |
| Other private | 7 | 100.0 | 32.7 | 1.9 | 42.5 | 22.9 |
| Government | 1,141 | 100.0 | 59.8 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 5.2 |
| Medicare | 788 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 21.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Medicaid | 249 | 100.0 | 12.1 | 3.8 | 73.6 | 10.4 |
| Other government | 104 | 100.0 | 69.7 | 2.7 | 18.6 | 9.1 |
SOURCE: Office of Financial and Actuarial Analysis, Health Care Financing Administration