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. 1996 Spring;17(3):205–242.

Table 18. Expenditures for Health Services and Supplies Under Public Programs, by Type of Expenditure and Program: 1994.

Program Area All Expenditures Personal Health Care Administration Public Health Activities

Total Hospital Care Physician Services Dental Services Other Professional Services Home Health Care Drugs and Other Medical Non-Durables Vision Products and Other Medical Durables Nursing Home Care Other

Amount in Billions
Public and Private Spending $919.2 $831.7 $338.5 $189.4 $42.2 $49.6 $26.2 $78.6 $13.1 $72.3 $21.8 $58.7 $28.8
 All Public Programs 402.2 361.8 199.6 60.9 1.8 11.2 13.2 10.0 4.5 41.8 18.8 11.5 28.8
  Federal Funds 290.3 280.0 162.7 48.6 1.0 8.3 11.4 5.2 4.4 27.0 11.4 6.6 3.7
  State and Local Funds 111.8 81.8 36.8 12.3 0.8 2.9 1.7 4.8 0.1 14.9 7.4 4.9 25.1
   Medicare 169.2 166.1 101.6 38.1 6.8 9.5 4.1 5.9 3.1
   Medicaid1 129.3 122.9 49.4 13.4 1.6 1.2 3.5 8.4 34.3 11.1 6.4
    Federal 81.5 78.4 36.1 8.0 0.9 0.7 1.9 4.9 19.5 6.4 3.1
    State and Local 47.8 44.5 13.3 5.4 0.7 0.5 1.6 3.5 14.8 4.7 3.3
   Other State and Local Public Assistance Programs 5.5 5.5 3.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
   Department of Veterans Affairs 15.1 15.1 12.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.7 0.1
   Department of Defense2 13.2 13.0 10.3 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.2
   Workers' Compensation 18.9 17.4 8.4 6.4 2.1 0.3 0.1 1.5
    Federal 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
    State and Local 18.3 16.8 8.1 6.3 1.9 0.3 0.1 1.5
   State and Local Hospitals3 11.8 11.8 11.8
   Other Public Programs for Personal Health Care4 10.3 10.1 2.2 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1 5.9 0.3
    Federal 6.9 6.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.1 3.4 0.1
    State and Local 3.4 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.2
   Government Public Health Activities 28.8 28.8
    Federal 3.7 3.7
    State and Local 25.1 25.1
Medicare and Medicaid 298.5 289.1 51.1 51.5 1.6 8.1 13.1 8.4 4.1 40.2 11.1 9.5
1

Excludes funds paid into the Medicare trust funds by States under buy-in agreements to cover premiums for Medicaid recipients.

2

Includes care for retirees and military dependents.

3

Expenditures not offset by revenues.

4

lncludes program spending for maternal and child health; vocational rehabilitation medical payments; temporary disability insurance medical payments; Public Health Service and other Federal hospitals; Indian health services; alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health; and school health.

NOTES: 0.0 denotes amounts less than $50 million. Numbers may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.