Expenditures for Organized Family Planning Services in the United States: 1974

Abstract

All sources of funds--including federal state and local government plus patient fees and private contributions--spent for medical family planning in fiscal year 1974 are summarized. A minimum of $205 million was spent during the time for United States organized family planning services and Medicaid payments to private doctors who provided such services. About 80% of this came from the federal government; 14% was accounted for by private contributions and patient fees; 7% was provided by state and local governments. In Arkansas Mississippi North and South Dakota and Wyoming all family planning expenditures came from the federal government. Only in Alaska and California did funds from state and local governments exceed 20% of the total. In the District of Columbia about 1/2 the funds spent were from private contributions and patient fees. Federal funds were provided in the following form: 1) nearly 2/3 from project grants under Title X of the Public Health Service Act and Title V of the Social Security Act; 2) 19% from reimbursements under Medicaid; 3) 11% from Title IV-A of the Social Security Act; and 4) 5% from Title V grants to states. Charts with breakdowns by states and by type of federal funding are included. There are discrepancies in the figures used since over-reporting and under-reporting render the figures inexact.