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. 1987 Summer;8(4):1–36.

Table 15. Personal health care expenditures aggregate and per capita amounts and percent distribution, by source of funds: Selected calendar years 1980-2000.

Year Total Direct patient payments Third parties

All Third parties Private Health insurance Other Private funds Government

Total Federal State and local Medicare1 Medicaid2
Amount in billions
1980 $219.7 $63.0 $156.7 $67.5 $2.7 $86.5 $62.5 $24.0 $35.7 $25.2
1985 371.3 105.3 266.0 113.0 4.6 148.3 112.7 35.7 70.5 40.1
1986 404.0 116.1 287.9 122.9 5.0 160.0 121.8 38.1 76.0 43.6
1987 438.9 127.9 311.0 136.0 5.5 169.6 128.8 40.8 78.9 47.5
1990 573.5 162.0 411.5 175.4 7.2 228.9 178.2 50.7 113.5 61.1
1995 900.5 249.1 651.4 271.5 11.9 368.0 294.9 73.2 197.0 91.5
2000 1,398.1 386.1 1,012.0 417.5 19.4 575.2 468.8 106.4 320.8 138.0
Per capital amount
1980 $934 $268 $666 $287 $11 $367 $266 $102 (3) (3)
1985 1,502 426 1,076 457 19 600 456 144 (3) (3)
1986 1,620 466 1,154 493 20 641 488 153 (3) (3)
1987 1,744 508 1,236 540 22 674 512 162 (3) (3)
1990 2,225 628 1,596 680 28 888 691 197 (3) (3)
1995 3,371 933 2,438 1,016 45 1,377 1,104 274 (3) (3)
2000 5,075 1,401 3,674 1,515 70 2,088 1,702 386 (3) (3)
Percent distribution
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 30.4 1.2 40.0 30.3 9.6 19.0 10.8
1986 100.0 28.7 71.3 30.4 1.2 39.6 30.2 9.4 18.8 10.8
1987 100.0 29.1 70.9 31.0 1.2 38.6 29.3 9.3 18.0 10.8
1990 100.0 28.2 71.8 30.6 1.3 39.9 31.1 8.8 19.8 10.6
1995 100.0 27.7 72.3 30.1 1.3 40.9 32.7 8.1 21.9 10.2
2000 100.0 27.6 72.4 29.9 1.4 41.1 33.5 7.6 22.9 9.9
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 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.