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. 1998 Fall;20(1):83–126.

Table 10. Nursing Home Care Expenditures Aggregate and Per Capita Amounts and Percent Distribution, by Source of Funds: Selected Calendar Years 1980-97.

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
1980 $17.6 $7.4 $10.3 $0.2 $0.5 $9.5 $5.6 $3.9 $0.3 $8.8
1985 30.7 13.6 17.1 0.8 0.6 15.7 9.2 6.5 0.5 14.5
1990 50.9 21.9 29.0 2.1 0.9 25.9 15.8 10.2 1.7 23.1
1991 57.2 23.1 34.1 2.4 1.1 30.6 18.4 12.3 1.9 27.5
1992 62.3 24.1 38.2 2.6 1.2 34.4 21.2 13.2 2.9 30.2
1993 66.4 24.5 41.9 2.8 1.2 37.9 24.0 13.9 3.9 32.4
1994 71.1 25.3 45.8 3.0 1.3 41.4 26.5 14.9 5.5 34.3
1995 75.5 26.6 48.8 3.4 1.4 44.0 28.4 15.6 6.7 35.6
1996 79.4 26.7 52.7 3.7 1.5 47.4 31.3 16.2 8.0 37.6
1997 82.8 25.7 57.0 4.0 1.6 51.4 34.5 16.9 10.1 39.4
Per Capita Amount
1980 $75 $31 $44 $1 $2 $41 $24 $17 (3) (3)
1985 124 55 69 3 2 64 37 26 (3) (3)
1990 196 84 111 8 4 100 61 39 (3) (3)
1991 218 88 130 9 4 117 70 47 (3) (3)
1992 235 91 144 10 4 130 80 50 (3) (3)
1993 248 91 156 10 5 141 90 52 (3) (3)
1994 263 93 169 11 5 153 98 55 (3) (3)
1995 276 97 179 12 5 161 104 57 (3) (3)
1996 288 97 191 14 5 172 113 59 (3) (3)
1997 297 92 205 14 6 185 124 61 (3) (3)
Percent Distribution
1980 100.0 41.8 58.2 1.2 3.0 54.0 31.8 22.2 1.7 50.0
1985 100.0 44.3 55.7 2.7 1.8 51.2 29.9 21.2 1.5 47.2
1990 100.0 43.1 56.9 4.1 1.8 51.0 31.0 20.0 3.4 45.4
1991 100.0 40.4 59.6 4.2 1.8 53.6 32.1 21.5 3.4 48.1
1992 100.0 38.7 61.3 4.2 1.9 55.2 34.1 21.2 4.6 48.5
1993 100.0 36.9 63.1 4.2 1.8 57.0 36.2 20.9 5.9 48.8
1994 100.0 35.6 64.4 4.3 1.9 58.3 37.3 21.0 7.8 48.2
1995 100.0 35.3 64.7 4.5 1.9 58.3 37.6 20.7 8.9 47.1
1996 100.0 33.6 66.4 4.7 1.9 59.8 39.4 20.4 10.1 47.4
1997 100.0 31.1 68.9 4.9 1.9 62.2 41.7 20.4 12.3 47.6
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, 1980-97. Numbers and percents may not add to totals because of rounding.

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