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Table 6. Aggregate and per capita amounts and percent distribution of expenditures for physicians' services, by source of funds: Selected calendar years 1950-84.

Year	Total	Direct patient payments	Third parties

			All third parties	Private health insurance	Other private funds	Government

							Total	Federal	State and local
	Amount in billions
1950	$2.7	$2.3	$.5	$.3	(¹)		$.1	(²)	(²)
1955	3.7	2.6	1.1	.9			.2	(²)	(²)
1960	5.7	3.7	2.0	1.6			.4	(²)	(²)
1965	8.5	5.2	3.3	2.7			.6	$.2	$.4
1967	10.1	5.1	5.0	3.0			2.0	1.4	.7
1970	14.3	6.5	7.8	4.8			3.0	2.1	.9
1975	24.9	8.5	16.4	9.9			6.6	4.7	1.9
1980	46.8	14.3	32.6	19.9			12.6	9.6	3.0
1981	54.8	16.3	38.5	23.4			15.0	11.7	3.3
1982	61.8	17.7	44.1	27.1			16.9	13.4	3.6
1983	68.4	18.9	49.5	30.1			19.3	15.6	3.8
1984	75.4	21.0	54.4	33.5			20.9	16.9	4.0
	Per capita amount
1950	18	15	3	2	(¹)		1	(²)	(²)
1955	22	15	7	5			1	(²)	(²)
1960	31	20	11	9			2	(²)	(²)
1965	42	26	16	13			3	1	2
1967	49	25	24	14			10	7	3
1970	67	30	37	23			14	10	4
1975	111	38	73	44			29	21	8
1980	199	61	138	84			53	41	13
1981	230	68	162	98			63	49	14
1982	257	74	183	113			70	56	15
1983	282	78	204	124			80	64	15
1984	307	86	222	136			85	69	16
	Percent distribution
1950	100.0	83.2	16.8	11.4	.3		5.2	(²)	(²)
1955	100.0	69.8	30.2	23.2	.2		6.7	(²)	(²)
1960	100.0	65.4	34.6	28.0	.2		6.4	(²)	(²)
1965	100.0	61.6	38.4	31.4	.1		6.9	1.8	5.1
1967	100.0	50.3	49.7	29.4	.1		20.2	13.6	6.6
1970	100.0	45.4	54.6	33.6	.1		20.9	14.9	6.0
1975	100.0	34.1	65.9	39.5	.1		26.3	18.8	7.6
1980	100.0	30.5	69.5	42.5	(¹)		26.9	20.6	6.3
1981	100.0	29.7	70.3	42.8	(¹)		27.4	21.4	6.1
1982	100.0	28.7	71.3	43.8	.1		27.4	21.7	5.7
1983	100.0	27.7	72.3	44.0	.1		28.3	22.8	5.5
1984	100.0	27.8	72.2	44.4	.1		27.8	22.4	5.3

Expenditures amount to less than $50 million, less than $.50 per capita, or less than .5 percent of the total.

Separate data are not available.

NOTE: Based on July 1 social security area population estimates.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary.