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. 2002 Dec;37(6):1625–1642. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.01113

Table 3.

Annual National Expenditures of Decedents and Nondecedents and Person-Year Adjusted Expenditures from 1992–19961

Annual Expenditures (Millions of Dollars) Decendent/NondecedentRatio of Mean

Decedents N51,676,095 Nondecedents N=30,593,741 Percent Spenton Decedents (95% CI) Expenditures per Person Year (95% CI)
All Expenses2 $62,989 $219,082 22% (20%–24%) 4.98 (4.48–5.53)
Expenses by Payer
Medicare $39,789 $112,310 26% (23%–30%) 6.29 (5.20–7.61)
Non-Medicare $23,200 $106,772 18% (16%–20%) 3.86 (3.42–4.35)
(Major Payers)
 Out-of-pocket $8,734 $48,802 15% (14%–17%) 3.18 (2.81–3.60)
 Medicaid $8,466 $25,277 25% (21%–30%) 5.95 (4.61–7.67)
 Supplemental Insurance3 $3,515 $21,773 14% (10%–19%) 2.87 (2.06–3.99)
HMO4 $1,075 $7,855 12% (6.7%–22%) 2.43 (1.24–4.75)
Expenses by Service6
Inpatient care $25,927 $60,756 30% (26%–34%) 7.58 (6.29–9.12)
Outpatient hospital $3,094 $18,083 15% (11%–19%) 3.04 (2.28–4.04)
Medical provider $10,688 $55,084 16% (15%–18%) 3.44 (3.03–3.91)
Facility5 $14,882 $44,551 25% (21%–29%) 5.93 (4.84–7.26)
Institution5 $3,733 $4,983 43% (34%–53%) 13.23 (9.10–19.43)
Prescription drugs $1,094 $1,767 5.8% (5.2%–6.5%) 1.10 (0.98–1.23)
Home health $3,197 $11,082 22% (18%–27%) 5.12 (4.02–6.52)
Dental $156 $6,185 2.5% (1.4%–4.2%) 0.45 (0.26–0.78)
Hospice $1,232 $179 87% (59%–∼100%) 122.357
1

Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age and older; year 1992–1995 expenditures adjusted to 1996 dollars.

2

Adjusted to be consistent with sum of Medicare and non-Medicare expenses.

3

Includes private and employer-purchased coverage.

4

Includes Medicare and non-Medicare HMO.

5

Expenses from continuous facility stays of two or more years are grouped with facility, and those from stays where admission and discharge are in same calendar year are grouped with institution.

6

Totals for services in columns 2 and 3 are slightly different than the amount for all expenses in those columns due to model differences.

7

Confidence interval unreliable because denominator is to close to zero.