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. 1994 Fall;16(1):247–294.

Table 17. Nursing Home 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 $1.0 $0.8 $0.2 $0.0 $0.1 $0.1 $0.1 $0.1
1970 4.9 2.3 2.5 0.0 0.2 2.3 1.4 0.9 $0.2 $1.4
1980 20.5 7.8 12.6 0.2 0.6 11.8 6.9 4.9 0.4 11.0
1985 34.9 15.4 19.5 0.9 0.7 18.0 10.5 7.5 0.6 16.6
1987 40.6 17.3 23.2 1.3 0.8 21.2 12.3 8.8 0.6 19.6
1989 48.9 19.3 29.6 1.5 0.9 27.2 17.3 9.9 3.4 22.8
1990 54.8 22.3 32.5 1.7 1.0 29.8 18.2 11.6 2.4 26.3
1991 60.8 22.8 38.0 1.8 1.1 35.0 21.2 13.8 2.9 31.0
1992 65.5 22.9 42.6 1.8 1.2 39.5 24.8 14.7 4.5 33.7
1993 69.6 23.0 46.7 1.7 1.3 43.6 28.3 15.3 6.1 36.0
Per Capita Amount
1960 $5 $4 $1 $0 $0 $1 $0 $0
1970 23 11 12 0 1 11 6 4 (3) (3)
1980 87 33 54 1 3 50 29 21 (3) (3)
1985 141 63 79 3 3 73 43 30 (3) (3)
1987 161 69 92 5 3 84 49 35 (3) (3)
1989 191 75 116 6 4 106 68 39 (3) (3)
1990 211 86 125 7 4 115 70 45 (3) (3)
1991 232 87 145 7 4 134 81 53 (3) (3)
1992 247 86 161 7 5 149 94 55 (3) (3)
1993 260 86 174 6 5 163 106 57 (3) (3)
Percent Distribution
1960 100.0 80.0 20.0 0.0 6.4 13.6 6.9 6.7
1970 100.0 48.1 51.9 0.3 4.9 46.6 28.2 18.4 5.0 28.0
1980 100.0 38.3 61.7 1.1 3.1 57.6 33.8 23.8 2.0 53.6
1985 100.0 44.2 55.8 2.4 1.9 51.5 30.0 21.4 1.7 47.7
1987 100.0 42.7 57.3 3.2 1.9 52.2 30.4 21.8 1.5 48.4
1989 100.0 39.4 60.6 3.0 1.9 55.7 35.4 20.3 7.0 46.6
1990 100.0 40.6 59.4 3.2 1.9 54.3 33.3 21.1 4.4 47.9
1991 100.0 37.5 62.5 3.0 1.9 57.6 34.9 22.7 4.7 50.9
1992 100.0 35.0 65.0 2.8 1.9 60.3 37.9 22.4 6.9 51.4
1993 100.0 33.0 67.0 2.5 1.9 62.6 40.7 21.9 8.8 51.7
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.