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. 1994 Fall;16(1):247–294.

Table 16. Physician Service 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 $5.3 $3.3 $2.0 $1.6 $0.0 $0.4 $0.1 $0.3
1970 13.6 5.7 7.8 4.8 0.0 3.1 2.2 0.8 $1.7 $0.6
1980 45.2 14.7 30.6 17.1 0.4 13.1 10.0 3.1 8.0 2.5
1985 83.6 20.7 62.9 37.0 1.4 24.5 19.6 4.9 16.5 3.5
1987 104.1 22.8 81.4 47.2 2.0 32.1 25.9 6.2 21.8 4.5
1989 127.3 24.3 103.0 60.0 2.6 40.3 32.4 7.9 27.3 5.7
1990 140.5 25.3 115.2 67.1 2.7 45.5 36.3 9.1 30.0 7.1
1991 150.3 25.5 124.8 72.4 2.6 49.8 39.2 10.6 31.4 9.1
1992 161.8 26.1 135.7 79.6 2.7 53.4 41.5 11.9 32.4 11.2
1993 171.2 26.2 145.0 84.1 2.7 58.1 45.0 13.1 34.8 12.5
Per Capita Amount
1960 $28 $17 $10 $8 $0 $2 $0 $2
1970 63 27 37 22 0 14 10 4 (3) (3)
1980 192 62 130 73 2 56 43 13 (3) (3)
1985 339 84 255 150 6 99 80 20 (3) (3)
1987 414 91 323 188 8 128 103 25 (3) (3)
1989 497 95 402 234 10 157 126 31 (3) (3)
1990 542 98 444 259 10 175 140 35 (3) (3)
1991 573 97 476 276 10 190 149 40 (3) (3)
1992 610 98 512 300 10 201 157 45 (3) (3)
1993 639 98 541 314 10 217 168 49 (3) (3)
Percent Distribution
1960 100.0 62.7 37.3 30.2 0.1 7.1 1.4 5.7
1970 100.0 42.2 57.8 35.2 0.1 22.5 16.3 6.2 12.2 4.8
1980 100.0 32.4 67.6 37.9 0.8 28.9 22.1 6.8 17.6 5.5
1985 100.0 24.8 75.2 44.2 1.6 29.3 23.5 5.9 19.8 4.2
1987 100.0 21.9 78.1 45.3 2.0 30.8 24.9 6.0 21.0 4.3
1989 100.0 19.1 80.9 47.1 2.1 31.7 25.5 6.2 21.4 4.4
1990 100.0 18.0 82.0 47.7 1.9 32.4 25.9 6.5 21.3 5.1
1991 100.0 16.9 83.1 48.2 1.8 33.1 26.1 7.0 20.9 6.1
1992 100.0 16.1 83.9 49.2 1.7 33.0 25.7 7.4 20.0 6.9
1993 100.0 15.3 84.7 49.1 1.6 34.0 26.3 7.7 20.3 7.3
1

Subset of Federal funds.

2

Subset of Federal and State and local funds.

3

Calculation of per capita estimates is inappropriate.

NOTES: 0.0 denotes less than $50 million for aggregate amounts, and 0 denotes less than $.50 for per capita amounts. 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.