Table 24. Medicare hospital insurance and supplementary medical insurance disbursements, by type: All areas, fiscal years 1977-1983.

Fiscal years	Hospital and supplementary medical insurance			Hospital insurance			Supplementary medical insurance
	Benefit payments	Administrative expenses	Total	Benefit payments	Administrative expenses1	Total	Benefit payments	Administrative expenses	Total
	Amount in millions
1977	$20,773	$ 776	$21,549	$14,906	$301	$15,207	$ 5,867	$475	$ 6,342
1978	24,263	955	25,218	17,411	451	17,862	6,852	504	7,356
1979	28,150	1,007	29,157	19,891	452	20,343	8,259	555	8,814
1980	33,934	1,090	35,025	23,790	497	24,288	10,144	593	10,737
1981	41,252	1,236	42,488	28,907	353	29,260	12,345	883	13,228
1982	49,149	1,275	50,424	34,343	521	34,864	14,806	754	15,560
1983	55,589	1,346	56,935	38,102	522	38,624	17,487	824	18,311

¹Includes costs of experiments, demonstration projects, and Peer Review Organizations.

NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.

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