Table 9. Expenditures for health services and supplies under public programs, by type of expenditure and program: Calendar year 1985.
| Program area | All expenditures | Personal health care | Administration | Public health activities | ||||||||
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| Total | Hospital care | Physicians' services | Dentists' services | Other professional services | Drugs and sundries | Eye-glasses and appliances | Nursing home care | Other | ||||
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| Public and private spending | $409.5 | $371.4 | $166.7 | $82.8 | $27.1 | $12.6 | $28.5 | $7.5 | $35.2 | $11.0 | $26.2 | $11.9 |
| All public programs | 165.2 | 147.5 | 89.8 | 24.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 11.9 |
| Federal | 117.2 | 112.6 | 71.6 | 19.7 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| State and local | 48.0 | 34.8 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 10.5 |
| Medicare1 | 72.3 | 70.5 | 48.5 | 17.1 | — | 2.0 | — | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | — |
| Medicaid2 | 41.8 | 39.8 | 14.8 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | — | 14.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | — |
| Federal | 23.2 | 21.9 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | — | 8.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | — |
| State and local | 18.6 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | — | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | — |
| Other State and local public assistance programs | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | — | 0.5 | 0.1 | — | — |
| Veterans' Administration | 8.7 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | — |
| Defense Department3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | 1.4 | 0.1 | — |
| Workers compensation | 8.2 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — | 1.9 | — |
| Federal | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| State and local | 7.9 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — | 1.9 | — |
| State and local hospitals4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other public programs for personal health care5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | — | 2.5 | 0.1 | — |
| Federal | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.2 | 0.0 | — |
| State and local | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.4 | 0.1 | — |
| Government public health activities | 11.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.9 |
| Federal | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| State and local | 10.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5 |
| Medicare and Medicaid6 | 113.5 | 109.7 | 63.3 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | — |
Total Federal expenditures from trust funds for benefits and administration. Trust fund income includes premium payments paid by or on behalf of enrollees.
Includes funds paid into the Medicare trust funds by States under “buy-in” agreements to cover premiums for public assistance recipients and for people who are medically indigent.
Includes care for retirees and military dependents.
Expenditures not offset by revenues.
Includes program spending for maternal and child health; vocational rehabilitation medical payments; temporary disability insurance medical payments; Public Health Service and other Federal hospitals; Indian health services; alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health; and school health.
Excludes “buy-in” premiums paid by Medicaid for supplementary medical insurance coverage of aged and disabled Medicaid recipients eligible for coverage.
NOTE: 0.0 denotes less than $50 million.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Division of National Cost Estimates.