title: Age differences in health care spending, fiscal year 1977.
abstract: This report of health care spending in fiscal year 1977 reveals that of the $142.6 billion spent by the Nation for personal health care in fiscal year 1977, 29 percent was spent for those aged 65 or older, 59 percent for those aged 19-64, and 13 percent for those below age 19. The average health bill reached $1,745 for the aged, $661 for the intermediate age group, and $253 for the young. Public funds financed 67 percent of the health expenses of the aged, with Medicare and Medicaid together accounting for 61 percent. More than two-thirds of the health expenses of the young and 71 percent of the expenses of those aged 19-64 were paid by private sources. Third-party payments met 68 percent of the health expenditures of all those under age 65.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005380:Financing, Government; D005382:Financing, Personal; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States