Table and Figure Descriptions:
Table 3.1 - Growth in Personal Health Care Expenditures (PHCE) and Medicare Program Payments: Selected Calendar Years 1967-2008
Table 3.2 - Medicare Program Payments, by Type of Coverage and Type of Entitlement: Calendar Years 1967-2008
Table 3.3 - Persons Enrolled and Persons Served Under Medicare, and Program Payments, by Type of Coverage and Service: Selected Calendar Years 1967-2008
Table 3.4 - Persons Served and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Demographic Characteristics: Calendar Year 2008
Table 3.5 - Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Residing in Urban and Rural Areas, by Area of Residence: Calendar Year 2008
Table 3.6 - Persons Served and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Entitlement, Amount of Program Payments, Type of Coverage, and Type of Service: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 3.1 - Medicare Program Payments, by Type of Entitlement: Calendar Years 1967-2008
Figure 3.2 - Growth in Hospital and in Physician and Clinic Expenditures: Total PHCE Versus Medicare's Share: Calendar Years 1967-1983 and 1983-2008
Figure 3.3 - Percent Distribution of Medicare Program Payments, by Type of Service: Calendar Years 1967 and 2008
Figure 3.4 - Percent Distribution of Medicare Persons Served and Program Payments Under Medicare: Calendar Year 2008