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. 1998 Fall;20(1):83–126.

Table 11. Other Personal Health Care Expenditures1 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 Medicare2 Medicaid3

Total Private Health Insurance Other Private Funds Government

Total Federal State and Local
Amount in Billions
1980 $51.5 $32.9 $18.6 $8.2 $1.9 $8.5 $5.6 $2.8 $1.7 $2.8
1985 93.9 53.8 40.0 20.8 3.8 15.4 10.2 5.3 4.3 5.3
1990 161.0 79.9 81.1 43.2 7.0 30.9 20.2 10.7 8.9 11.8
1991 178.0 84.0 94.0 48.4 7.8 37.8 25.2 12.6 11.6 15.2
1992 197.2 90.3 106.9 54.1 8.7 44.1 30.1 13.9 14.5 17.8
1993 215.1 95.5 119.7 58.4 9.6 51.7 36.0 15.7 17.5 22.2
1994 234.2 99.2 135.0 64.0 10.3 60.6 42.6 18.0 21.2 26.2
1995 254.8 102.8 152.0 71.5 11.1 69.3 49.1 20.2 25.2 30.5
1996 275.3 108.4 166.9 79.1 11.6 76.1 54.5 21.6 27.8 34.5
1997 297.5 115.3 182.2 87.3 12.6 82.4 58.7 23.7 28.6 39.6
Per Capita Amount
1980 $219 $140 $79 $35 $8 $36 $24 $12 (4) (4)
1985 380 218 162 84 15 62 41 21 (4) (4)
1990 619 307 312 166 27 119 78 41 (4) (4)
1991 677 320 358 184 30 144 96 48 (4) (4)
1992 743 340 403 204 33 166 114 53 (4) (4)
1993 802 356 446 218 36 193 134 58 (4) (4)
1994 865 366 498 236 38 224 157 67 (4) (4)
1995 932 376 556 262 41 254 180 74 (4) (4)
1996 998 393 605 287 42 276 198 78 (4) (4)
1997 1,069 414 655 314 45 296 211 85 (4) (4)
Percent Distribution
1980 100.0 63.9 36.1 15.9 3.6 16.5 11.0 5.5 3.2 5.5
1985 100.0 57.3 42.7 22.2 4.1 16.4 10.8 5.6 4.6 5.7
1990 100.0 49.6 50.4 26.9 4.3 19.2 12.5 6.6 5.5 7.3
1991 100.0 47.2 52.8 27.2 4.4 21.3 14.2 7.1 6.5 8.6
1992 100.0 45.8 54.2 27.4 4.4 22.4 15.3 7.1 7.4 9.0
1993 100.0 44.4 55.6 27.1 4.5 24.0 16.7 7.3 8.1 10.3
1994 100.0 42.4 57.6 27.3 4.4 25.9 18.2 7.7 9.0 11.2
1995 100.0 40.4 59.6 28.1 4.4 27.2 19.3 7.9 9.9 12.0
1996 100.0 39.4 60.6 28.7 4.2 27.6 19.8 7.9 10.1 12.5
1997 100.0 38.8 61.2 29.3 4.2 27.7 19.7 8.0 9.6 13.3
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: 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.