Table 7. Nursing home 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 | $2.1 | $1.3 | $0.7 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.7 | $0.5 | $0.3 | — | — |
| 1970 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | $0.3 | $1.4 |
| 1975 | 10.1 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 1980 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| 1985 | 35.2 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 14.7 |
| Per capita amount | ||||||||||
| 1965 | $10 | $7 | $4 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $2 | $1 | — | — |
| 1970 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | (3) | (3) |
| 1975 | 45 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | (3) | (3) |
| 1980 | 87 | 38 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 22 | (3) | (3) |
| 1985 | 143 | 73 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 38 | 29 | (3) | (3) |
| Percent distribution | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 100.0 | 64.5 | 35.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 34.3 | 22.2 | 12.1 | – | – |
| 1970 | 100.0 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 48.6 | 28.6 | 20.0 | 5.6 | 30.3 |
| 1975 | 100.0 | 42.7 | 57.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 56.0 | 31.4 | 24.6 | 2.9 | 47.9 |
| 1980 | 100.0 | 43.6 | 56.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 54.9 | 29.6 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 48.0 |
| 1985 | 100.0 | 51.4 | 48.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 46.9 | 26.8 | 20.2 | 1.7 | 41.8 |
1
Subset of Federal funds.
2
Subset of Federal and State and local funds.
3
Calculation of per capita estimates is inappropriate
NOTES: 0.0 denotes less than $50 million for aggregate amounts, and 0 denotes less than $.50 for per capita amounts. 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.