Two tables were printed with incorrect boxheads in the article entitled “Health expenditures by age group, 1977 and 1987,” published in the Summer 1989 issues of the Health Care Financing Review. Following are the two corrected tables. We regret any confusion these errors caused our readership.
Table 2. Personal health care expenditures, by age, source of funds, and type of service: United States, calendar year 1977.
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| Personal health care | $150.3 | $92.6 | $57.8 | $21.8 | $16.9 | $19.5 | $14.4 | $5.2 | $0.0 | $3.0 |
| Hospital care | 68.1 | 31.6 | 36.5 | 16.0 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Physicians' services | 31.9 | 23.8 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Nursing home care | 13.0 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Other personal health care | 37.3 | 31.3 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Per capita amount | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | $658 | $405 | $253 | $95 | $74 | $269 | $198 | $71 | $0 | $41 |
| Hospital care | 298 | 138 | 160 | 70 | 28 | 106 | 63 | 42 | 0 | 22 |
| Physicians' services | 139 | 104 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| Nursing home care | 57 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Other personal health care | 163 | 137 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 97 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Percent distribution by type of service | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Hospital care | 45.3 | 34.2 | 63.2 | 73.6 | 38.4 | 39.3 | 32.1 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 54.4 |
| Physicians' services | 21.2 | 25.7 | 14.0 | 21.1 | 10.9 | 23.3 | 26.1 | 15.4 | 12.2 | 19.2 |
| Nursing home care | 8.7 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 1.7 | 36.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| Other personal health care | 24.8 | 33.9 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 14.0 | 35.9 | 41.7 | 19.8 | 29.0 | 16.9 |
| Percent distribution by source of funds | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | 100.0 | 61.6 | 38.4 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 26.5 | 0.1 | 15.3 |
| Hospital care | 100.0 | 46.4 | 53.6 | 23.5 | 9.5 | 100.0 | 60.1 | 39.9 | 0.2 | 21.3 |
| Physicians' services | 100.0 | 74.6 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 5.8 | 100.0 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Nursing home care | 100.0 | 44.8 | 55.2 | 2.8 | 47.3 | 100.0 | 8.9 | 91.1 | 0.0 | 88.2 |
| Other personal health care | 100.0 | 84.0 | 16.0 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 100.0 | 85.4 | 14.6 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
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| Personal health care | $85.6 | $62.3 | $23.2 | $2.6 | $6.8 | $45.2 | $15.9 | $29.3 | $19.1 | $7.0 |
| Hospital care | 40.2 | 24.6 | 15.6 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 20.2 | 2.4 | 17.8 | 14.1 | 1.4 |
| Physicians' services | 19.5 | 16.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Nursing home care | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Other personal health care | 23.6 | 20.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Per capita amount | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | $651 | $474 | $177 | $20 | $52 | $1,856 | $653 | $1,204 | $785 | $288 |
| Hospital care | 306 | 187 | 119 | 15 | 26 | 830 | 98 | 732 | 578 | 57 |
| Physicians' services | 148 | 128 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 319 | 132 | 187 | 169 | 10 |
| Nursing home care | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 432 | 207 | 224 | 14 | 190 |
| Other personal health care | 179 | 153 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 275 | 215 | 60 | 23 | 31 |
| Percent distribution by type of service | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Hospital care | 47.0 | 39.5 | 67.1 | 73.6 | 50.6 | 44.7 | 15.1 | 60.8 | 73.6 | 19.7 |
| Physicians' services | 22.8 | 27.0 | 11.7 | 18.1 | 14.8 | 17.2 | 20.2 | 15.5 | 21.6 | 3.6 |
| Nursing home care | 2.6 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 18.4 | 23.2 | 31.7 | 18.6 | 1.8 | 66.0 |
| Other personal health care | 27.6 | 32.3 | 15.0 | 7.8 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 33.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 10.6 |
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| Personal health care | 100.0 | 72.8 | 27.2 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 100.0 | 35.1 | 64.9 | 42.3 | 15.5 |
| Hospital care | 100.0 | 61.2 | 38.8 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 100.0 | 11.8 | 88.2 | 69.6 | 6.8 |
| Physicians' services | 100.0 | 86.1 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 100.0 | 41.4 | 58.6 | 53.0 | 3.3 |
| Nursing home care | 100.0 | 34.6 | 65.4 | 0.6 | 57.0 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 3.3 | 44.0 |
| Other personal health care | 100.0 | 85.2 | 14.8 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 100.0 | 78.2 | 21.8 | 8.5 | 11.1 |
NOTES: Public funds include programs not shown separately. Hospital care and physicians' services include both inpatient and outpatient care.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Cost Estimates.
Table 3. Personal health care expenditures, by age, source of funds, and type of service: United States, calendar year 1987.
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| Personal health care | $447.0 | $271.8 | $175.3 | $81.2 | $49.4 | $51.9 | $38.1 | $13.8 | $0.1 | $8.9 |
| Hospital care | 194.7 | 92.6 | 102.2 | 53.3 | 17.8 | 21.2 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Physicians' services | 102.7 | 70.9 | 31.8 | 22.3 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Nursing home care | 40.6 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 0.6 | 17.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Other personal health care | 109.0 | 87.6 | 21.4 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
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| Personal health care | $1,776 | $1,079 | $696 | $323 | $196 | $745 | $547 | $198 | $1 | $128 |
| Hospital care | 773 | 368 | 406 | 212 | 71 | 305 | 186 | 119 | 1 | 74 |
| Physicians' services | 408 | 282 | 126 | 89 | 18 | 181 | 151 | 30 | 0 | 20 |
| Nursing home care | 161 | 82 | 79 | 2 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Other personal health care | 433 | 348 | 85 | 20 | 37 | 248 | 210 | 39 | 0 | 24 |
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| Personal health care | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Hospital care | 43.6 | 34.1 | 58.3 | 65.6 | 36.0 | 40.9 | 33.9 | 60.3 | 60.5 | 58.0 |
| Physicians' services | 23.0 | 26.1 | 18.1 | 27.4 | 9.0 | 24.3 | 27.6 | 15.0 | 17.7 | 15.8 |
| Nursing, home care | 9.1 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 36.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| Other personal health care | 24.4 | 32.2 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 33.3 | 38.3 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 18.4 |
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| Personal health care | 100.0 | 60.8 | 39.2 | 18.2 | 11.0 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 26.5 | 0.1 | 17.2 |
| Hospital care | 100.0 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 27.4 | 9.1 | 100.0 | 60.9 | 39.1 | 0.2 | 24.4 |
| Physicians' services | 100.0 | 69.1 | 30.9 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 100.0 | 83.6 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 11.2 |
| Nursing home care | 100.0 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 1.4 | 43.9 | 100.0 | 7.3 | 92.7 | 0.0 | 91.7 |
| Other personal health care | 100.0 | 80.4 | 19.6 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 100.0 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 0.1 | 9.5 |
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| Personal health care | $233.1 | $173.0 | $60.0 | $8.9 | $21.0 | $162.0 | $60.6 | $101.5 | $72.2 | $19.5 |
| Hospital care | 105.5 | 69.6 | 36.0 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 67.9 | 10.1 | 57.9 | 47.3 | 3.3 |
| Physicians' services | 56.7 | 48.5 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 33.5 | 11.9 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 0.5 |
| Nursing home care | 7.0 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 32.8 | 19.2 | 13.6 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| Other personal health care. | 63.9 | 53.5 | 10.4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 27.8 | 19.5 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| Per capita amount | ||||||||||
| Personal health care | $1,535 | $1,139 | $395 | $59 | $138 | $5,360 | $2,004 | $3,356 | $2,390 | $644 |
| Hospital care | 695 | 458 | 237 | 39 | 61 | 2,248 | 333 | 1,915 | 1,566 | 110 |
| Physicians' services | 373 | 319 | 54 | 13 | 17 | 1,107 | 393 | 714 | 671 | 17 |
| Nursing home care | 46 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 1,085 | 634 | 452 | 19 | 395 |
| Other personal health care | 421 | 353 | 68 | 7 | 26 | 920 | 644 | 276 | 135 | 123 |
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| Personal health care | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Hospital care | 45.3 | 40.2 | 59.9 | 66.0 | 44.1 | 41.9 | 16.6 | 57.1 | 65.5 | 17.1 |
| Physicians' services | 24.3 | 28.0 | 13.6 | 22.6 | 12.1 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 21.3 | 28.1 | 2.6 |
| Nursing home care | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 24.7 | 20.2 | 31.6 | 13.5 | 0.8 | 61.2 |
| Other personal health care | 27.4 | 30.9 | 17.2 | 11.1 | 19.1 | 17.2 | 32.2 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 19.1 |
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| Personal health care | 100.0 | 74.2 | 25.8 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 100.0 | 37.4 | 62.6 | 44.6 | 12.0 |
| Hospital care | 100.0 | 65.9 | 34.1 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 100.0 | 14.8 | 85.2 | 69.7 | 4.9 |
| Physicians' services | 100.0 | 85.6 | 14.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 100.0 | 35.5 | 64.5 | 60.6 | 1.5 |
| Nursing home care | 100.0 | 20.6 | 79.4 | 0.3 | 74.1 | 100.0 | 58.4 | 41.6 | 1.7 | 36.4 |
| Other personal health care | 100.0 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 100.0 | 70.0 | 30.0 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
NOTES: Public funds include programs not shown separately. Totals differ from those published elsewhere because of the inclusion of preliminary benchmarked prescription drug figures. Hospital care and physicians' services include both inpatient and outpatient care.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Cost Estimates.