Table 4. Personal health care expenditures aggregate, per capita, and percent distribution, by source of funds: Selected calendar years 1965-85.
| Year | Total | Direct patient payments | Third parties | Medicare1 | Medicaid2 | |||||
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| All third parties | Private health insurance | Other private funds | Government | |||||||
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| Total | Federal | State and local | ||||||||
| Amount in billions | ||||||||||
| 1965 | $35.9 | $18.5 | $17.3 | $8.7 | $0.8 | $7.9 | $3.6 | $4.3 | — | — |
| 1970 | 65.4 | 26.5 | 38.9 | 15.3 | 1.1 | 22.4 | 14.5 | 7.9 | $7.1 | $5.2 |
| 1975 | 117.1 | 38.1 | 79.0 | 31.2 | 1.6 | 46.3 | 31.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 1980 | 219.7 | 63.0 | 156.7 | 67.5 | 2.7 | 86.5 | 62.5 | 24.0 | 35.7 | 25.2 |
| 1985 | 371.4 | 105.6 | 265.8 | 113.5 | 4.9 | 147.5 | 112.6 | 34.8 | 70.5 | 39.8 |
| Per capita amount | ||||||||||
| 1965 | $176 | $91 | $85 | $42 | $4 | $39 | $18 | $21 | (3) | (3) |
| 1970 | 304 | 123 | 181 | 71 | 5 | 104 | 68 | 37 | (3) | (3) |
| 1975 | 521 | 169 | 351 | 139 | 7 | 206 | 140 | 66 | (3) | (3) |
| 1980 | 934 | 268 | 666 | 287 | 11 | 367 | 266 | 102 | (3) | (3) |
| 1985 | 1,504 | 428 | 1,076 | 460 | 20 | 597 | 456 | 141 | (3) | (3) |
| Percent distribution | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 100.0 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 24.2 | 2.2 | 22.0 | 10.1 | 11.9 | — | — |
| 1970 | 100.0 | 40.5 | 59.5 | 23.4 | 1.7 | 34.3 | 22.2 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| 1975 | 100.0 | 32.5 | 67.5 | 26.7 | 1.3 | 39.5 | 26.8 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 100.0 | 28.7 | 71.3 | 30.7 | 1.2 | 39.4 | 28.4 | 10.9 | 16.2 | 11.5 |
| 1985 | 100.0 | 28.4 | 71.6 | 30.6 | 1.3 | 39.7 | 30.3 | 9.4 | 19.0 | 10.7 |
1
Subset of Federal funds.
2
Subset of Federal and State and local funds.
3
Calculation of per capita estimates is inappropriate.
NOTE: Per capita amounts are based on July 1 social security area population estimates.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Division of National Cost Estimates.