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. 1990 Winter;12(2):1–26.

Table 17. Other personal health care expenditures1 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 Medicare2 Medicaid3

Total Private health insurance Other private funds Government

Total Federal State and local
Amount in billions
1980 $54.1 $33.2 $20.9 $9.7 $1.9 $9.3 $6.3 $3.0 $1.7 $3.3
1981 61.6 36.5 25.1 12.2 2.2 10.6 7.3 3.3 2.2 3.8
1982 68.3 39.3 29.0 14.7 2.6 11.7 8.0 3.7 2.7 4.1
1983 75.8 43.1 32.7 16.5 3.0 13.2 9.1 4.1 3.5 4.7
1984 83.1 46.3 36.8 18.7 3.4 14.6 10.0 4.6 4.0 5.2
1985 91.2 50.2 41.0 20.5 4.0 16.5 11.3 5.2 4.4 6.1
1986 100.0 54.5 45.5 22.7 4.2 18.7 12.6 6.1 4.8 7.0
1987 110.1 59.0 51.0 25.7 4.4 20.9 13.9 7.0 5.3 8.2
1988 120.4 63.5 56.9 29.1 4.8 23.0 15.4 7.6 5.8 9.3
1989 132.4 68.5 63.9 32.1 5.3 26.5 17.5 8.9 6.7 11.6
Per capita amount
1980 $230 $141 $89 $41 $8 $40 $27 $13 (4) (4)
1981 259 153 106 52 9 45 31 14 (4) (4)
1982 285 164 121 61 11 49 33 15 (4) (4)
1983 313 178 135 68 12 54 37 17 (4) (4)
1984 340 189 150 77 14 60 41 19 (4) (4)
1985 369 203 166 83 16 67 46 21 (4) (4)
1986 401 218 182 91 17 75 51 24 (4) (4)
1987 437 234 203 102 18 83 55 28 (4) (4)
1988 474 250 224 115 19 90 60 30 (4) (4)
1989 516 267 249 125 20 103 68 35 (4) (4)
Percent distribution
1980 100.0 61.4 38.6 17.9 3.6 17.2 11.7 5.6 3.1 6.1
1981 100.0 59.2 40.8 19.9 3.6 17.3 11.9 5.4 3.5 6.2
1982 100.0 57.5 42.5 21.5 3.8 17.1 11.8 5.4 4.0 6.0
1983 100.0 56.8 43.2 21.8 4.0 17.4 12.0 5.4 4.6 6.2
1984 100.0 55.8 44.2 22.5 4.1 17.6 12.0 5.5 4.8 6.2
1985 100.0 55.0 45.0 22.5 4.4 18.1 12.4 5.7 4.9 6.7
1986 100.0 54.5 45.5 22.7 4.2 18.7 12.6 6.1 4.8 7.0
1987 100.0 53.6 46.4 23.3 4.0 19.0 12.6 6.4 4.8 7.5
1988 100.0 52.8 47.2 24.2 4.0 19.1 12.8 6.3 4.8 7.7
1989 100.0 51.8 48.2 24.3 4.0 20.0 13.2 6.8 5.0 8.7
1

Personal health care expenditures other than those for hospital care, physician services, and nursing home care.

2

Subset of Federal funds.

3

Subset of Federal and State and local funds.

4

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.