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. 1990 Winter;12(2):1–26.

Table 16. Nursing home 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 $20.0 $8.7 $11.3 $0.2 $0.6 $10.5 $6.1 $4.4 $0.4 $9.7
1981 23.3 10.0 13.3 0.2 0.7 12.4 7.4 5.0 0.5 11.5
1982 26.1 11.9 14.2 0.3 0.7 13.3 7.6 5.6 0.5 12.2
1983 28.9 13.6 15.3 0.3 0.7 14.3 8.3 6.0 0.5 13.2
1984 31.2 14.9 16.2 0.3 0.7 15.2 8.7 6.5 0.6 14.0
1985 34.1 16.6 17.5 0.3 0.7 16.5 9.7 6.8 0.6 15.2
1986 36.7 18.0 18.7 0.4 0.7 17.6 10.4 7.2 0.6 16.2
1987 39.8 19.1 20.7 0.4 0.8 19.5 11.4 8.1 0.6 17.9
1988 42.8 20.6 22.2 0.5 0.8 20.9 12.6 8.3 1.0 19.0
1989 47.9 21.3 26.7 0.5 0.9 25.2 16.2 9.0 3.6 20.6
Per capita amount
1980 $85 $37 $48 $1 $3 $45 $26 $19 (3) (3)
1981 98 42 56 1 3 52 31 21 (3) (3)
1982 109 50 59 1 3 55 32 23 (3) (3)
1983 119 56 63 1 3 59 34 25 (3) (3)
1984 127 61 66 1 3 62 36 27 (3) (3)
1985 138 67 71 1 3 67 39 28 (3) (3)
1986 147 72 75 1 3 71 42 29 (3) (3)
1987 158 76 82 2 3 77 45 32 (3) (3)
1988 168 81 87 2 3 82 50 33 (3) (3)
1989 187 83 104 2 4 98 63 35 (3) (3)
Percent distribution
1980 100.0 43.3 56.7 0.9 3.1 52.7 30.7 21.9 2.1 48.6
1981 100.0 42.8 57.2 1.0 2.8 53.4 31.9 21.5 1.9 49.6
1982 100.0 45.6 54.4 1.1 2.6 50.7 29.1 21.5 1.9 46.8
1983 100.0 47.1 52.9 1.0 2.3 49.5 28.6 20.9 1.8 45.7
1984 100.0 47.9 52.1 1.1 2.1 48.9 28.0 20.9 1.8 44.9
1985 100.0 48.6 51.4 1.0 1.9 48.5 28.5 20.0 1.7 44.6
1986 100.0 49.1 50.9 1.0 1.9 48.0 28.4 19.5 1.6 44.1
1987 100.0 48.0 52.0 1.0 1.9 49.0 28.5 20.5 1.6 45.1
1988 100.0 48.0 52.0 1.1 1.9 48.9 29.5 19.5 2.3 44.4
1989 100.0 44.4 55.6 1.1 1.9 52.6 33.8 18.8 7.5 43.1
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.