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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: 2009-38 Screen Reader version

Intergenerational Aspects of Health Care: Figure Data


Figure 1: Health Spending by Age Group, US 2004.
age:  totalacute
10:  26502569
32:  33703240
45:  52104934
60:  77877405
70:  107789684
80:  1638913032
90:  2569115116
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Figure 2: Distribution of Spending by Age in Canada Ratio of Elderly to Non-Elderly Health Spending.
 Total Health SpendingAcute Health Spending
1980:  5.253.96
1981:  5.224.06
1982:  5.424.24
1983:  5.314.16
1984:  5.274.18
1985:  5.454.35
1986:  5.444.41
1987:  5.504.48
1988:  5.444.41
1989:  5.444.25
1990:  5.374.34
1991:  5.404.32
1992:  5.434.39
1993:  5.384.34
1994:  5.013.96
1995:  5.043.93
1996:  5.284.16
1997:  5.214.08
1998:  5.174.05
1999:  5.214.08
2000:  5.274.15
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Figure 3: Ratio of Elderly to Non-Elderly Health Spending, Japan.
19824.81
19834.84
19845.03
19855.22
19865.24
19875.26
19885.19
19895.19
19905.16
19915
19924.82
19934.79
19944.8
19954.8
19964.8
19974.9
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Figure 4: Distribution of US Health Spending by Age Group.
 Total
75-84/65-74
Total
85+/75-64
Acute
75-84/65-74
Acute
85+/75-64
19921.481.781.241.08
19931.591.671.350.94
19941.521.721.231.04
19951.521.751.271.02
19961.571.641.250.99
19971.591.651.321.02
19981.611.711.381.02
19991.411.681.201.04
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Figure 5: Net Benefits from Medicare, by Cohort.
 Cohort born in:
1890
Cohort born in:
1900
Cohort born in:
1910
Cohort born in:
1920
Cohort born in:
1930
Cohort born in:
1940
Cohort born in:
1950
Cohort born in:
1960
Cohort born in:
1970
Cohort born in:
1980
Unsustainable Baseline$9,582$23,383$35,000$51,874$64,000$76,000$75,000$57,000$39,000$5,000
Payroll tax increase$9,582$23,383$35,000$49,000$64,000$74,000$50,000$-11,000$-80,000$-152,000
Benefit cut$9,582$23,383$35,000$33,000$18,000$-2,000$-17,000$-28,000$-42,000$-52,000
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