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. 1990 Winter;12(2):1–26.

Table 14. Hospital care expenditures aggregate and per capita amounts and percent distribution, by source of funds: Calendar years 1980-89.

Year Total Out-of-pocket payments Third-party payments Medicare1 Medicaid2

Total Private health insurance Other private funds Government

Total Federal State and local
Amount in billions
1980 $102.4 $5.3 $97.1 $37.5 $5.0 $54.6 $41.3 $13.3 $26.4 $9.7
1981 119.6 6.2 113.3 43.6 6.0 63.6 48.5 15.1 31.6 11.2
1982 135.9 7.2 128.7 50.1 6.9 71.7 55.1 16.6 36.8 12.0
1983 147.2 7.6 139.6 53.9 7.2 78.4 60.6 17.8 41.1 13.3
1984 157.2 8.1 149.1 56.9 7.3 84.9 66.3 18.7 45.3 14.3
1985 167.9 8.8 159.1 59.4 8.2 91.5 71.6 19.9 48.6 15.5
1986 179.4 8.6 170.8 63.8 8.6 98.3 75.4 23.0 50.9 16.5
1987 193.8 8.7 185.1 69.5 9.4 106.2 80.1 26.0 53.7 18.5
1988 211.7 11.3 200.4 76.2 10.3 113.9 85.7 28.2 57.5 20.0
1989 232.8 12.7 220.1 84.2 11.4 124.5 92.9 31.6 62.1 22.9
Per capita amount
1980 $435 $23 $413 $159 $21 $232 $176 $56 (3) (3)
1981 503 26 477 184 25 268 204 64 (3) (3)
1982 566 30 536 209 29 299 230 69 (3) (3)
1983 607 31 576 223 30 323 250 73 (3) (3)
1984 642 33 609 232 30 347 271 76 (3) (3)
1985 680 36 644 240 33 370 290 81 (3) (3)
1986 719 35 685 256 35 394 302 92 (3) (3)
1987 769 35 735 276 37 422 318 103 (3) (3)
1988 833 44 788 300 41 448 337 111 (3) (3)
1989 907 49 858 328 44 485 362 123 (3) (3)
Percent distribution
1980 100.0 5.2 94.8 36.6 4.9 53.3 40.4 12.9 25.8 9.4
1981 100.0 5.2 94.8 36.5 5.0 53.2 40.6 12.7 26.4 9.4
1982 100.0 5.3 94.7 36.8 5.1 52.8 40.5 12.2 27.1 8.8
1983 100.0 5.2 94.8 36.6 4.9 53.3 41.2 12.1 27.9 9.0
1984 100.0 5.1 94.9 36.2 4.6 54.0 42.2 11.9 28.8 9.1
1985 100.0 5.2 94.8 35.4 4.9 54.5 42.6 11.9 29.0 9.2
1986 100.0 4.8 95.2 35.6 4.8 54.8 42.0 12.8 28.3 9.2
1987 100.0 4.5 95.5 35.8 4.9 54.8 41.3 13.4 27.7 9.6
1988 100.0 5.3 94.7 36.0 4.9 53.8 40.5 13.3 27.2 9.5
1989 100.0 5.5 94.5 36.2 4.9 53.5 39.9 13.6 26.7 9.8
1

Subset of Federal funds.

2

Subset of Federal and State and local funds.

3

Calculation of per capita estimates is inappropriate.

NOTES: Per capita amounts based on July 1 social security area population estimates. Numbers and percents may not add to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Cost Estimates.