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. 1996 Spring;17(3):205–242.

Table 16. Other Personal Health Care Expenditures1 Aggregate and Per Capita Amounts and Percent Distribution, by Source of Funds: Selected Years 1960–94.

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 $8.2 $7.2 $1.0 $0.1 $0.2 $0.7 $0.4 $0.3
1970 18.0 14.4 3.6 0.9 0.5 2.2 1.2 1.0 NA NA
1975 29.4 21.2 8.1 2.6 0.8 4.7 3.1 1.6 NA NA
1980 51.5 32.9 18.6 8.2 1.9 8.5 5.6 2.8 NA NA
1985 93.9 53.8 40.1 20.8 3.9 15.4 10.1 5.3 NA NA
1990 161.0 80.4 80.5 42.7 7.2 30.6 20.0 10.7 NA NA
1991 178.1 84.9 93.2 47.6 8.0 37.6 24.9 12.7 NA NA
1992 197.6 91.5 106.0 53.3 8.6 44.1 30.2 14.0 NA NA
1993 214.1 97.1 116.9 56.0 9.4 51.5 35.9 15.7 NA NA
1994 231.5 102.4 129.1 59.2 10.4 59.5 41.7 17.8 NA NA
Per Capita Amount
1960 $43 $38 $5 $1 $1 $4 $2 $1
1970 84 67 17 4 2 10 6 4 (4) (4)
1975 131 95 36 11 4 21 14 7 (4) (4)
1980 219 140 79 35 8 36 24 12 (4) (4)
1985 380 218 162 84 16 62 41 21 (4) (4)
1990 620 310 310 165 28 118 77 41 (4) (4)
1991 679 324 355 181 31 143 95 48 (4) (4)
1992 745 345 400 201 32 167 114 53 (4) (4)
1993 799 363 437 209 35 192 134 58 (4) (4)
1994 856 379 477 219 39 220 154 66 (4) (4)
Percent Distribution
1960 100.0 87.4 12.6 1.5 3.0 8.1 4.8 3.4
1970 100.0 79.9 20.1 5.0 2.8 12.3 6.9 5.3 NA NA
1975 100.0 72.4 27.6 8.7 2.9 16.1 10.5 5.6 NA NA
1980 100.0 63.9 36.1 16.0 3.6 16.5 11.0 5.5 NA NA
1985 100.0 57.3 42.7 22.2 4.1 16.4 10.8 5.6 NA NA
1990 100.0 50.0 50.0 26.5 4.5 19.0 12.4 6.6 NA NA
1991 100.0 47.7 52.3 26.7 4.5 21.1 14.0 7.1 NA NA
1992 100.0 46.3 53.7 27.0 4.4 22.3 15.3 7.1 NA NA
1993 100.0 45.4 54.6 26.2 4.4 24.1 16.8 7.3 NA NA
1994 100.0 44.2 55.8 25.6 4.5 25.7 18.0 7.7 NA NA
1

Personal health care expenditures other than those for hospital care, physician services, and nursing home care.

2

Subset of Federal funds.

3

Subset of Federal and State and local funds.

4

Calculation of per capita estimates is inappropriate.

NOTES: NA is not available. Per capita amounts based on July 1 Social Security area population estimates for each year, 1960-94. 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.