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. 1984 Winter;6(2):1–29.

Table 7. Aggregate and per capita amount and percent distribution of expenditures for hospital care, by source of funds: Selected years 1950-83.

Year Total Patient direct payments All third parties

Total Private Public


Health insurance Other Total Federal State and local
Amount in billions
1950 $ 3.9 $ 1.2 $ 2.7 $ .7 $ .1 $ 1.9 1 1
1955 5.9 1.3 4.6 1.7 .2 2.7 1 1
1960 9.1 1.8 7.3 3.3 .2 3.8 1 1
1965 14.0 2.3 11.6 5.7 .3 5.6 $ 2.4 $ 3.1
1966 15.8 2.6 13.2 6.0 .3 6.9 3.5 3.4
1967 18.4 1.9 16.4 6.2 .3 10.0 6.3 3.7
1968 21.1 2.3 18.8 7.0 .4 11.5 7.3 4.1
1969 24.2 2.6 21.6 8.2 .3 13.1 8.5 4.6
1970 28.0 3.2 24.8 9.7 .4 14.7 9.5 5.1
1971 31.0 3.1 27.9 10.9 .5 16.5 10.9 5.6
1972 35.2 3.5 31.7 11.8 1.2 18.6 12.4 6.2
1973 38.9 3.9 35.0 13.1 1.4 20.6 13.7 6.9
1974 45.0 4.6 40.5 15.1 .6 24.7 17.0 7.7
1975 52.4 4.1 48.3 18.8 .6 28.9 20.2 8.8
1976 60.9 5.1 55.7 22.5 .7 32.5 23.7 8.8
1977 68.1 5.4 62.8 25.5 .7 36.6 27.0 9.6
1978 76.2 5.5 70.7 28.6 .8 41.3 30.4 10.9
1979 87.0 6.4 80.6 33.0 .9 46.7 34.9 11.8
1980 101.3 7.5 93.8 38.6 1.0 54.2 41.1 13.1
1981 117.9 9.2 108.7 44.7 1.3 62.7 48.6 14.1
1982 134.9 10.3 124.6 51.4 1.4 71.8 55.3 16.4
1983 147.2 11.1 136.1 56.2 1.5 78.4 60.6 17.8
Percent distribution
1950 100.0 29.9 70.1 17.7 3.5 48.9 1 1
1955 100.0 22.3 77.7 28.5 3.0 46.2 1 1
1960 100.0 19.8 80.2 36.3 2.5 41.3 1 1
1965 100.0 16.8 83.2 41.1 2.2 39.9 17.4 22.5
1966 100.0 16.4 83.6 37.7 2.0 43.8 22.4 21.4
1967 100.0 10.6 89.4 33.5 1.6 54.3 34.2 20.1
1968 100.0 10.9 89.1 33.2 1.7 54.2 34.7 19.5
1969 100.0 10.7 89.3 33.9 1.3 54.0 35.2 18.8
1970 100.0 11.4 88.6 34.6 1.6 52.4 34.1 18.4
1971 100.0 10.1 89.9 35.0 1.7 53.1 35.0 18.1
1972 100.0 10.0 90.0 33.7 3.5 52.8 35.2 17.6
1973 100.0 10.1 89.9 33.5 3.5 52.9 35.3 17.6
1974 100.0 10.1 89.9 33.6 1.4 54.9 37.8 17.1
1975 100.0 7.9 92.1 35.9 1.1 55.2 38.5 16.7
1976 100.0 8.5 91.5 37.0 1.2 53.4 39.0 14.4
1977 100.0 7.9 92.1 37.4 1.1 53.7 39.6 14.0
1978 100.0 7.3 92.7 37.6 1.0 54.2 39.9 14.3
1979 100.0 7.3 92.7 38.0 1.0 53.7 40.1 13.6
1980 100.0 7.4 92.6 38.1 1.0 53.5 40.6 13.0
1981 100.0 7.8 92.2 37.9 1.1 53.2 41.2 12.0
1982 100.0 7.6 92.4 38.1 1.0 53.2 41.0 12.2
1983 100.0 7.5 92.5 38.2 1.0 53.3 41.1 12.1
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Disaggregation not available.

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