Table 1. Expenditures for health services and supplies, by type of payer: United States, selected calendar years 1965-90.
Type of payer | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
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Total | $38.2 | $69.1 | $124.7 | $238.9 | $407.2 | $438.9 | $476.8 | $526.2 | $582.1 | $643.4 |
Private | 30.3 | 50.1 | 86.2 | 162.1 | 278.9 | 302.9 | 327.2 | 362.8 | 397.5 | 430.4 |
Private business | 6.5 | 15.1 | 28.8 | 64.8 | 115.0 | 127.3 | 133.6 | 153.1 | 169.7 | 186.2 |
Employer contribution to private health insurance premiums | 5.4 | 11.2 | 20.9 | 48.4 | 85.4 | 93.6 | 96.7 | 112.9 | 125.7 | 139.1 |
Employer contribution to Medicare hospital insurance trust fund1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 20.3 | 23.3 | 24.7 | 26.3 | 28.4 | 29.7 |
Workers' compensation and temporary disability insurance | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 15.2 |
Industrial inplant health services | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Household | 23.1 | 33.6 | 54.9 | 90.3 | 152.0 | 162.7 | 179.8 | 194.3 | 210.3 | 224.7 |
Employee contribution to private health insurance premiums and individual policy premiums | 4.1 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 16.2 | 28.4 | 28.9 | 35.3 | 34.9 | 39.2 | 42.6 |
Employee and self-employment contributions and voluntary premiums paid to Medicare hospital insurance trust fund1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 27.6 | 29.5 | 31.4 | 33.8 | 35.7 |
Premiums paid by individuals to Medicare supplementary medical insurance trust fund | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
Out-of-pocket health spending | 19.0 | 25.6 | 38.5 | 59.5 | 94.4 | 100.9 | 108.8 | 119.3 | 126.1 | 136.1 |
Non-patient revenue | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 17.5 | 19.6 |
Public | 7.9 | 18.9 | 38.5 | 76.7 | 128.3 | 135.9 | 149.6 | 163.4 | 184.6 | 212.9 |
Federal Government | 3.4 | 10.4 | 21.3 | 42.5 | 69.0 | 70.4 | 77.3 | 84.2 | 96.2 | 113.9 |
Employer contributions to private health insurance | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
Adjusted Medicare | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 11.1 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 25.5 | 31.5 |
Medicare | 0.0 | 7.6 | 16.4 | 37.5 | 72.2 | 77.4 | 83.4 | 90.5 | 102.6 | 111.2 |
Less Medicare hospital trust fund contributions and premiums | 0.0 | 4.7 | 11.3 | 23.7 | 46.6 | 53.7 | 57.3 | 61.0 | 65.9 | 69.5 |
Less Medicare supplementary medical insurance premiums | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
Health program expenditures (excluding Medicare) | 3.3 | 8.2 | 16.8 | 29.2 | 44.3 | 48.0 | 52.4 | 57.0 | 62.6 | 73.1 |
Medicaid | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 23.1 | 25.4 | 27.9 | 31.0 | 35.4 | 42.9 |
Department of Veterans Affairs | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
Department of Defense | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.5 |
Other programs2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 |
State and local government | 4.5 | 8.5 | 17.2 | 34.2 | 59.3 | 65.5 | 72.3 | 79.1 | 88.4 | 99.1 |
Employer contributions to private health insurance | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 20.2 | 23.4 | 25.9 |
Employer contributions to Medicare hospital insurance trust fund | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
Health expenditures by program | 4.2 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 26.3 | 41.1 | 46.1 | 51.4 | 55.6 | 61.2 | 69.1 |
Medicaid | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 26.8 | 32.3 |
Hospital subsidies | 2.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
Other programs3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 22.7 |
Includes one-half of self-employment contribution to Medicare hospital insurance trust fund.
Includes Maternal and Child Health, Vocational Rehabilitation, Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Administration, Indian Health Service, Office of Economic Opportunity (1965-74), and other miscellaneous general hospital and medical programs and public health activities.
Includes other public and general assistance, Maternal and Child Health, Vocational Rehabilitation, and public health activities.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.