Medicare--Persons Served and Reimbursements statistics

[12,032 represents 12,032,000. Persons served are enrollees who use covered services, incurred expenses greater than the applicable deductible amounts and for whom medicare paid benefits. Reimbursements are amounts paid to providers for covered services. Excluded are retroactive adjustments resulting from end of fiscal year cost settlements and certain lump-sum interim payments. Also excluded are beneficiary (or third party payor) liabilities for applicable deductibles, coinsurance amounts, and charges for noncovered services. Includes data for enrollees living in outlying territories and foreign countries]


		PERSONS 65 YEARS			PERSONS 65 YEARS				PERSONS 65 YEARS					PERSONS 65 YEARS					DISABLED					DISABLED					DISABLED
TYPE OF COVERAGE		OLD AND OVER			OLD AND OVER				OLD AND OVER					OLD AND OVER					PERSONS ¹					PERSONS ¹					PERSONS ¹
AND
SERVICE	Unit	1975	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1975	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Persons served, total ²	1,000	12,032	16,271	20,347	21,066	22,155	22,942	23,868	24,809	25,190	25,429	26,793	27,223	27,379	27,263	26,587	25,931	975	1,760	1,944	2,015	2,108	2,182	2,287	2,390	2,466	2,603	2,888	3,126	3,333	3,476	3,547	3,641
Hospital insurance ²	1,000	4,963	6,024	6,058	6,018	6,048	6,082	6,155	6,367	6,576	6,729	6,912	7,043	7,147	7,139	7,360	6,840	475	728	662	669	665	649	659	680	706	745	812	879	933	964	986	961
Inpatient hospital	1,000	4,913	5,951	5,714	5,697	5,752	5,779	5,725	5,906	6,052	6,100	6,109	6,157	6,148	6,091	6,220	6,074	472	721	636	645	642	625	627	644	666	696	748	803	844	868	888	899
Skilled-nursing services	1,000	260	248	304	294	283	371	613	615	648	752	875	1,026	1,186	1,321	1,442	1,443	8	9	10	10	10	13	23	23	23	27	33	42	54	63	73	75
Home health services ³	1,000	329	675	1,448	1,469	1,447	1,485	1,580	1,818	2,082	2,341	2,669	2,938	3,185	3,290	3,483	2,641	22	51	101	102	97	97	105	122	141	164	199	237	272	293	304	225
Supplementary medical insurance ²	1,000	11,762	16,099	20,186	20,919	22,020	22,808	23,746	24,687	25,053	25,288	26,657	27,075	27,234	27,113	26,237	25,605	924	1,723	1,916	1,988	2,085	2,156	2,263	2,365	2,439	2,574	2,858	3,094	3,299	3,442	3,499	3,596
Physicians' and other medical services	1,000	11,396	15,627	19,590	20,316	21,496	22,270	23,283	24,193	24,492	24,674	26,169	26,476	26,621	26,432	25,707	25,083	865	1,631	1,820	1,888	1,986	2,041	2,159	2,249	2,304	2,427	2,744	2,986	3,184	3,315	3,363	3,452
Outpatient services	1,000	3,768	6,629	9,889	11,011	11,939	12,795	13,291	14,055	14,787	15,588	16,496	16,989	17,597	17,875	18,093	18,150	399	909	1,096	1,211	1,288	1,357	1,415	1,496	1,583	1,724	1,936	2,097	2,281	2,407	2,510	2,619
Home health services ³	1,000	161	302	27	30	31	32	36	38	32	34	37	37	42	45	47	1,339	13	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131

Persons served per 1,000
enrollees, total ²	Rate	528	638	722	732	754	768	785	802	800	794	825	830	826	816	791	767	450	594	669	681	696	704	721	734	729	729	751	755	759	749	763	725
Hospital insurance ²	Rate	221	240	219	213	210	208	206	209	212	213	216	217	218	216	221	205	219	246	228	226	219	209	208	209	209	209	211	213	212	208	205	191
Inpatient hospital	Rate	219	237	206	202	200	197	192	194	195	193	191	190	188	185	187	182	218	243	219	218	212	202	198	198	197	195	195	194	192	187	184	179
Skilled-nursing services	Rate	12	10	11	10	10	13	21	20	21	24	27	32	36	40	43	43	4	3	4	4	3	4	7	7	7	8	9	10	12	14	15	15
Home health services ³	Rate	15	27	52	52	50	51	53	60	67	74	83	91	97	100	105	79	10	17	35	35	32	31	33	38	42	46	52	57	62	63	63	45
Supplementary medical insurance ²	Rate	536	652	739	751	776	793	813	832	830	823	856	861	858	848	816	793	471	634	716	729	748	760	785	804	799	799	825	831	837	828	814	804
Physicians' and other medical services	Rate	519	633	717	729	757	774	797	815	811	803	840	842	839	826	799	776	442	600	680	692	712	720	749	764	755	754	792	803	808	798	782	772
Outpatient services	Rate	172	269	362	395	421	445	455	474	490	508	530	540	554	559	563	562	204	334	409	444	462	478	491	508	519	535	559	564	579	579	584	586
Home health services ³	Rate	7	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	42	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29

Reimbursements, total	Mil. dol	12,689	29,134	56,199	60,459	67,022	72,900	82,222	88,778	98,384	107,589	114,247	129,033	138,948	145,322	152,772	146,355	1,509	4,478	7,495	8,123	8,420	8,980	10,363	11,239	12,503	14,253	15,850	18,818	21,024	22,647	23,796	23,855
Hospital insurance	Mil. dol	9,209	20,353	37,360	39,285	41,744	45,703	50,448	54,244	61,474	68,598	72,958	83,072	89,631	95,404	101,027	90,511	987	2,765	4,785	5,103	5,060	5,436	6,253	6,694	7,512	8,567	9,479	11,501	12,752	13,790	14,383	13,624
Inpatient hospital	Mil. dol	8,840	19,583	35,313	37,181	39,578	43,112	45,439	48,952	54,366	58,596	59,906	65,722	68,213	71,191	73,237	71,899	968	2,714	4,638	4,949	4,908	5,264	5,936	6,346	7,045	7,876	8,566	10,230	11,079	11,848	12,177	12,342
Skilled-nursing services	Mil. dol	233	331	464	474	524	811	2,806	1,886	2,151	3,146	4,136	5,735	7,504	9,157	10,831	11,074	9	13	17	19	21	33	143	85	87	126	175	258	374	464	564	603
Home health services ³	Mil. dol	136	440	1,583	1,630	1,643	1,781	2,202	3,406	4,958	6,856	8,916	11,614	13,914	15,056	16,960	7,534	10	38	130	135	131	140	173	264	379	564	738	1,013	1,300	1,478	1,641	678
Supplementary medical insurance	Mil. dol	3,481	8,781	18,839	21,174	25,278	27,196	31,774	34,533	36,910	38,990	41,289	45,961	49,317	49,918	51,744	55,844	522	1,713	2,709	3,020	3,360	3,544	4,111	4,545	4,991	5,686	6,371	7,317	8,272	8,858	9,414	10,231
Physicians' and other medical services	Mil. dol	3,050	7,361	15,309	16,887	20,143	21,311	25,310	27,379	28,965	29,744	31,258	34,408	37,069	36,865	38,206	38,685	295	997	1,712	1,871	2,099	2,162	2,623	2,831	3,054	3,285	3,693	4,321	4,888	5,125	5,474	5,749
Outpatient services	Mil. dol	374	1,261	3,499	4,249	5,097	5,843	6,407	7,077	7,870	9,145	9,899	11,395	12,045	12,838	13,319	12,972	221	701	997	1,149	1,261	1,383	1,489	1,714	1,937	2,402	2,678	2,996	3,384	3,733	3,940	3,994
Home health services ³	Mil. dol	56	159	31	38	38	43	57	78	76	102	131	158	203	215	219	4,187	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	489

Reimbursements per person served, total	Dollars	1,055	1,791	2,762	2,870	3,025	3,178	3,445	3,578	3,906	4,221	4,264	4,740	5,075	5,330	5,746	5,644	1,548	2,544	3,855	4,032	3,994	4,115	4,531	4,703	5,070	5,426	5,488	6,021	6,308	6,515	6,710	6,552
Hospital insurance	Dollars	1,855	3,379	6,167	6,528	6,903	7,515	8,196	8,520	9,349	10,168	10,556	11,794	12,542	13,363	13,726	13,233	2,077	3,798	7,224	7,623	7,610	8,373	9,482	9,847	10,634	11,382	11,678	13,082	13,666	14,306	14,582	14,170
Inpatient hospital	Dollars	1,799	3,291	6,181	6,526	6,881	7,461	7,937	8,289	8,983	9,580	9,806	10,675	11,096	11,688	11,774	11,837	2,051	3,765	7,295	7,678	7,651	8,418	9,455	9,849	10,572	11,201	11,446	12,741	13,126	13,649	13,731	13,722
Skilled-nursing services	Dollars	896	1,336	1,525	1,613	1,853	2,184	4,580	3,068	3,321	4,147	4,727	5,590	6,325	6,931	7,511	7,675	1,049	1,571	1,681	1,872	2,154	2,529	6,107	3,702	3,846	4,625	5,286	6,096	6,959	7,336	7,785	8,066
Home health services ³	Dollars	413	652	1,093	1,110	1,135	1,199	1,394	1,874	2,381	2,909	3,341	3,953	4,368	4,577	4,869	2,855	478	733	1,288	1,319	1,353	1,449	1,645	2,156	2,696	3,392	3,715	4,265	4,777	5,052	5,395	3,014
Supplementary medical insurance	Dollars	296	545	933	1,012	1,148	1,192	1,338	1,399	1,473	1,538	1,549	1,698	1,811	1,841	1,972	2,181	565	994	1,414	1,519	1,611	1,644	1,817	1,922	2,047	2,189	2,229	2,365	2,507	2,574	2,691	2,845
Physicians' and other medical services	Dollars	268	471	781	831	937	957	1,087	1,132	1,183	1,202	1,194	1,300	1,392	1,395	1,486	1,542	341	611	941	991	1,057	1,059	1,215	1,259	1,326	1,339	1,346	1,447	1,535	1,546	1,628	1,666
Outpatient services	Dollars	99	190	354	386	427	457	482	503	532	584	600	671	684	718	736	715	554	771	909	948	978	1,019	1,051	1,146	1,224	1,374	1,383	1,429	1,483	1,551	1,569	1,525
Home health services ³	Dollars	347	526	1,122	1,264	1,233	1,359	1,614	2,033	2,360	2,934	3,555	4,278	4,882	4,815	4,606	3,126	420	619				123	230	517	526	596	947	1,484	2,204	1,235	1,046	3,732

- Represents or rounds to zero. 1 Age under 65; includes persons enrolled because of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) only.
2 Persons are counted once for each type of covered service used, but are not double counted in totals.
3 Beginning 1982, a change in legislation resulted in virtually all home health services being paid under hospital insurance.

Source: U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, Medicare Program Statistics, annual; and unpublished data.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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