Table 1. National health expenditures, by source of funds and type of expenditure: Calendar year 1990.
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| National health expenditures | $666.2 | $383.6 | $352.9 | $136.1 | $216.8 | $30.6 | $282.6 | $195.4 | $87.3 |
| Health services and supplies | 643.4 | 374.8 | 352.9 | 136.1 | 216.8 | 21.8 | 268.6 | 184.3 | 84.3 |
| Personal health care | 585.3 | 343.5 | 322.2 | 136.1 | 186.1 | 21.3 | 241.8 | 177.2 | 64.6 |
| Hospital care | 256.0 | 116.0 | 102.2 | 12.8 | 89.4 | 13.8 | 140.0 | 104.6 | 35.3 |
| Physician services | 125.7 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 23.5 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 43.9 | 35.1 | 8.8 |
| Dental services | 34.0 | 33.1 | 33.1 | 18.0 | 15.1 | — | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Other professional services | 31.6 | 25.2 | 21.5 | 8.8 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
| Home health care | 6.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| Drugs and other medical non-durables | 54.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 40.2 | 8.3 | — | 6.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Vision products and other medical durables | 12.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 1.3 | — | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Nursing home care | 53.1 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 23.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 27.7 | 17.2 | 10.5 |
| Other personal health care | 11.3 | 2.2 | — | — | — | 2.2 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| Program administration and net cost of private health insurance | 38.7 | 31.2 | 30.7 | — | 30.7 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
| Government public health activities | 19.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 19.3 | 2.3 | 17.0 |
| Research and construction | 22.8 | 8.8 | — | — | — | 8.8 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 |
| Research | 12.4 | 0.8 | — | — | — | 0.8 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 |
| Construction | 10.4 | 8.0 | — | — | — | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
Detailed Federal Government financing program estimates are made for Medicare, Workers' Compensation, Medicaid, Department of Defense, Maternal and Child Health, Vocational Rehabilitation, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, Indian Health Service, and miscellaneous general hospital and medical programs.
Detailed State and local financing program estimates are made for Temporary Disability Program, Workers' Compensation, Medicaid, General Assistance, Maternal and Child Health, Vocational Rehabilitation, hospital subsidies, and school health.
NOTES: 0.0 denotes less than $50 million. Research and development expenditures of drug companies and other manufacturers and providers of medical equipment and supplies are excluded from research expenditures, but are included in the expenditure class in which the product falls. Numbers may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.