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. 1994 Fall;16(1):247–294.

Table 14. Personal Health Care Expenditures Aggregate and Per Capita Amounts and Percent Distribution, by Source of Funds: Selected Years 1960-93.

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
1960 $23.9 $13.4 $10.6 $5.0 $0.4 $5.1 $2.1 $3.0
1970 64.8 25.4 39.5 15.3 1.6 22.5 14.7 7.8 $7.3 $5.1
1980 220.1 61.3 158.8 64.1 7.7 87.0 63.4 23.6 36.4 24.8
1985 380.5 98.8 281.7 119.8 13.9 148.0 111.3 36.7 70.3 39.2
1987 453.8 111.6 342.2 148.9 16.9 176.4 129.4 47.0 80.4 47.9
1989 550.5 127.8 422.7 186.8 21.6 214.3 158.6 55.7 100.1 59.2
1990 612.4 138.3 474.1 206.7 24.0 243.5 178.1 65.3 109.6 71.7
1991 670.8 143.3 527.5 223.9 26.1 277.6 206.0 71.6 120.5 89.9
1992 729.7 150.6 579.1 242.1 27.7 309.3 234.0 75.3 135.4 103.6
1993 782.5 157.5 625.0 258.0 30.0 337.0 259.0 78.1 151.1 112.8
Per Capita Amount
1960 $126 $70 $56 $26 $2 $27 $11 $16
1970 302 118 184 71 8 105 68 36 (3) (3)
1980 936 261 676 273 33 370 270 100 (3) (3)
1985 1,542 400 1,142 486 56 600 451 149 (3) (3)
1987 1,804 444 1,361 592 67 701 515 187 (3) (3)
1989 2,147 499 1,648 729 84 836 618 217 (3) (3)
1990 2,361 533 1,828 797 92 939 687 252 (3) (3)
1991 2,558 547 2,012 854 99 1,059 786 273 (3) (3)
1992 2,752 568 2,184 913 105 1,167 882 284 (3) (3)
1993 2,920 588 2,332 963 112 1,258 966 291 (3) (3)
Percent Distribution
1960 100.0 55.9 44.1 21.0 1.8 21.4 8.9 12.5
1970 100.0 39.1 60.9 23.6 2.5 34.7 22.7 12.0 11.3 7.8
1980 100.0 27.8 72.2 29.1 3.5 39.5 28.8 10.7 16.5 11.3
1985 100.0 26.0 74.0 31.5 3.6 38.9 29.3 9.6 18.5 10.3
1987 100.0 24.6 75.4 32.8 3.7 38.9 28.5 10.4 17.7 10.6
1989 100.0 23.2 76.8 33.9 3.9 38.9 28.8 10.1 18.2 10.7
1990 100.0 22.6 77.4 33.8 3.9 39.8 29.1 10.7 17.9 11.7
1991 100.0 21.4 78.6 33.4 3.9 41.4 30.7 10.7 18.0 13.4
1992 100.0 20.6 79.4 33.2 3.8 42.4 32.1 10.3 18.6 14.2
1993 100.0 20.1 79.9 33.0 3.8 43.1 33.1 10.0 19.3 14.4
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 for each year, 1960-90.1991-93 estimated by the Health Care Financing Administration. 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 Health Statistics.