National Health Care Expenditures Study. A Summary of Expenditures and Sources of Payment for Personal Health Services from the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey--Data Preview 24

摘要

The report presents data on annual expenses for personal health services and mean health care expense per person by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The data show that inpatient hospital and physician care consumed almost three-fifths of expenditures during 1977. Persons with expense spent $594 on the average for health services, with the family and private insurance together assuming almost two-thirds of the cost. On an individual basis, females of all ages incurred a higher percentage of out-of-pocket expense than males. Mean expense per person with personal health care expenditures was also higher than the $594 national average for blacks ($623); for those with family incomes below $12,000 ($756); and for persons living in the Northeast ($660) and West ($638). Between 1970 and 1977, observed increases in health care expenditures after adjustment for health care price inflation were particularly noticeable for the population age 55 and older.