Gibson R M, Mueller M S
Soc Secur Bull. 1977 Apr;40(4):3-22.
The Nation's spending for health in fiscal year 1976 reached $139.3 billion, or $638 per person, according to preliminary figures. This total was 14 percent higher than the $122.2 billion spent for health in 1975. In the 2 years since price controls on the health industry were lifted, expenditures have risen $33.0 billion (31 percent). During this period, the economy has grown at a relatively slow pace with the gross national product increasing 18 percent. Thus, the percentage of the GNP attributed to health care reached 8.6 percent in 1976. Public and private spending rose 16 percent and 13 percent, respectively, in 1976, with the rise in public expenditures appreciably below the 22-percent increase of 1975. Third-party financing affected slightly more than two-thirds of all personal health care--the private insurance share at 26 percent and that of government 40 percent.
根据初步数据，1976财年美国的卫生支出达到1393亿美元，人均638美元。这一总额比1975年的1222亿美元卫生支出高出14%。自解除对卫生行业的价格管制后的两年里，支出增加了330亿美元（31%）。在此期间，经济增长相对缓慢，国民生产总值增长了18%。因此，1976年医疗保健占国民生产总值的比例达到了8.6%。1976年公共和私人支出分别增长了16%和13%，公共支出的增长明显低于1975年22%的增幅。第三方融资影响了超过三分之二的个人医疗保健——私人保险占26%，政府占40%。
