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. 1986 Fall;8(1):1–21.

Table 8. Other personal health care expenditures1 aggregate, per capita, and percent distribution, by source of funds: Selected calendar years 1965-85.

Year Total Direct patient payments Third parties Medicare2 Medicaid3

All third parties Private health insurance Other private funds Government

Total Federal State and local
Amount in billions
1965 $11.3 $9.6 $1.7 $0.3 $0.4 $1.0 $0.6 $0.4
1970 18.4 14.4 3.9 0.8 0.6 2.5 1.5 1.0 $0.1 $0.9
1975 29.7 21.1 8.6 2.5 0.9 5.2 3.4 1.8 0.4 2.1
1980 50.9 32.0 18.8 8.6 1.5 8.7 5.7 3.0 1.5 3.4
1985 86.7 50.2 36.5 17.0 2.4 17.0 11.9 5.2 4.4 6.8
Per capita amount
1965 $56 $47 $8 $1 $2 $5 $3 $2
1970 85 67 18 4 3 12 7 5 (4) (4)
1975 132 94 38 11 4 23 15 8 (4) (4)
1980 216 136 80 37 6 37 24 13 (4) (4)
1985 351 203 148 69 10 69 48 21 (4) (4)
Percent distribution
1965 100.0 84.7 15.3 2.3 4.0 9.1 5.1 3.9
1970 100.0 78.6 21.4 4.4 3.3 13.7 8.3 5.4 0.8 4.7
1975 100.0 71.1 28.9 8.4 3.1 17.4 11.5 5.9 1.5 6.9
1980 100.0 63.0 37.0 17.0 2.9 17.2 11.2 5.9 2.9 6.7
1985 100.0 57.9 42.1 19.6 2.8 19.7 13.7 6.0 5.0 7.9
1

Personal health care expenditures other than those for hospital care, physicians' services, and nursing home care.

2

Subset of Federal funds.

3

Subset of Federal and State and local funds.

4

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.