Gibson R M, Fisher C R
Soc Secur Bull. 1978 Jul;41(7):3-20.
The Nation spent $163 billion for health care in fiscal year 1977 or $737 per person, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Health Care Financing Administration. This figure was 12 percent higher than spending for such purposes in the previous 12 months and represented an 8.8-percent share of the GNP. Public spending, which financed 42 percent of all health care in 1977, increased 11 percent while private spending rose 13 percent. Spending for hospital care went up 14 percent to $68.4 billion, and the total spent for physicians' services ($32.2 billion) reflected a 13-percent rise. Third-party payments financed 70 percent of all personal health care in the country.
根据医疗保健财务管理局汇编的初步数据，1977财年美国在医疗保健方面支出了1630亿美元，人均支出737美元。这一数字比前12个月此类支出高出12%，占国民生产总值的8.8%。1977年占所有医疗保健资金42%的公共支出增长了11%，而私人支出增长了13%。医院护理支出增长了14%，达到684亿美元，医生服务总支出（322亿美元）增长了13%。第三方支付为该国所有个人医疗保健提供了70%的资金。
