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. 1994 Fall;16(1):247–294.

Table 15. Hospital 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 $9.3 $1.9 $7.4 $3.3 $0.1 $3.9 $1.6 $2.3
1970 28.0 2.5 25.5 9.6 0.9 15.0 9.9 5.1 $5.3 $2.2
1980 102.7 5.3 97.4 38.7 5.0 53.7 40.9 12.8 26.3 8.5
1985 168.2 8.8 159.4 61.0 8.3 90.1 71.1 19.0 48.9 13.7
1987 194.1 8.7 185.4 72.2 9.8 103.5 78.7 24.8 53.0 16.6
1989 231.8 9.7 222.2 88.1 12.4 121.7 93.0 28.7 62.8 20.9
1990 256.5 9.8 246.8 95.7 13.8 137.3 103.4 33.9 68.5 26.5
1991 282.3 9.6 272.7 102.8 15.1 154.8 120.3 34.5 74.9 34.5
1992 306.0 9.0 297.0 109.1 15.9 172.0 137.3 34.7 84.2 41.0
1993 326.6 9.1 317.4 117.8 16.8 182.9 149.2 33.7 92.7 42.4
Per Capita Amount
1960 $49 $10 $39 $17 $1 $21 $8 $12
1970 130 12 119 45 4 70 46 24 (3) (3)
1980 437 23 414 165 21 228 174 55 (3) (3)
1985 682 36 646 247 34 365 288 77 (3) (3)
1987 772 35 737 287 39 411 313 99 (3) (3)
1989 904 38 866 344 48 475 363 112 (3) (3)
1990 989 38 951 369 53 530 399 131 (3) (3)
1991 1,077 37 1,040 392 57 591 459 132 (3) (3)
1992 1,154 34 1,120 412 60 649 518 131 (3) (3)
1993 1,218 34 1,184 439 63 682 557 126 (3) (3)
Percent Distribution
1960 100.0 20.7 79.3 35.6 1.2 42.5 17.3 25.2
1970 100.0 9.0 91.0 34.3 3.2 53.5 35.2 18.2 18.8 8.0
1980 100.0 5.2 94.8 37.7 4.9 52.3 39.8 12.5 25.6 8.3
1985 100.0 5.2 94.8 36.3 4.9 53.6 42.3 11.3 29.1 8.1
1987 100.0 4.5 95.5 37.2 5.0 53.3 40.5 12.8 27.3 8.5
1989 100.0 4.2 95.8 38.0 5.3 52.5 40.1 12.4 27.1 9.0
1990 100.0 3.8 96.2 37.3 5.4 53.5 40.3 13.2 26.7 10.3
1991 100.0 3.4 96.6 36.4 5.3 54.8 42.6 12.2 26.5 12.2
1992 100.0 2.9 97.1 35.7 5.2 56.2 44.9 11.3 27.5 13.4
1993 100.0 2.8 97.2 36.1 5.2 56.0 45.7 10.3 28.4 13.0
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.