TABLE 1—
Distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives and Whites Younger Than 65 Years Who Were Medicaid Eligible and Who Used Services, by Demographics, Eligibility, and Ambulatory Care Characteristics: California, 1996
| Eligible Persons | Users | ||||
| AIANs No. (%) | Whites No. (%) | AIANs No. (%) | Whites No. (%) | Pa | |
| Entire Sample | 9863 (100) | 19 679 (100) | 7910 (100) | 15 075 (100) | . . . |
| Age, y | |||||
| 0–18 | 5931 (60.1) | 11 769 (59.8) | 4775 (60.4) | 8947 (59.3) | . . . |
| 19–44 | 3306 (33.5) | 6662 (33.9) | 2619 (33.1) | 5105 (33.9) | . . . |
| 45–64 | 626 (6.3) | 1248 (6.3) | 516 (6.5) | 1023 (6.8) | .32 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 4321 (43.8) | 8658 (44.0) | 3298 (41.7) | 6269 (41.6) | . . . |
| Female | 5542 (56.2) | 11 021 (56.0) | 4612 (58.3) | 8806 (58.4) | .87 |
| Region | |||||
| North, Inland, metrob | 720 (7.3) | 1400 (7.1) | 614 (7.8) | 1125 (7.5) | . . . |
| North, inland, no metro | 2905 (29.5) | 5741 (29.2) | 2393 (30.3) | 4577 (30.4) | . . . |
| North, coastal, no metro | 3289 (33.3) | 6581 (33.4) | 2738 (34.6) | 5235 (34.7) | . . . |
| South, inland, metro | 2000 (20.3) | 4004 (20.3) | 1466 (18.5) | 2729 (18.1) | . . . |
| South, coastal, metro | 949 (9.6) | 1953 (9.9) | 699 (8.8) | 1409 (9.3) | .61 |
| Eligibility category | |||||
| Public assistance families | 6091 (61.8) | 12 047 (61.2) | 5018 (63.4) | 9452 (62.7) | . . . |
| Medically indigent child | 459 (4.7) | 917 (4.7) | 343 (4.3) | 673 (4.5) | . . . |
| Medically needy families | 1937 (19.6) | 3867 (19.7) | 1491 (18.8) | 2825 (18.7) | . . . |
| Aged/blind/disabled | 1039 (10.5) | 2079 (10.6) | 887 (11.2) | 1739 (11.5) | . . . |
| Otherc | 337 (3.4) | 769 (3.9) | 171 (2.2) | 386 (2.6) | .34 |
| Months of eligibility | |||||
| 1–5 | 1692 (17.2) | 3897 (19.8) | 789 (10.0) | 1734 (11.5) | . . . |
| 6–12 | 2495 (25.3) | 4558 (23.2) | 1973 (24.9) | 3407 (22.6) | . . . |
| 12 | 5676 (57.5) | 11 224 (57.0) | 5148 (65.1) | 9934 (65.9) | < .001 |
| Dominant source of ambulatory care | |||||
| Indian clinic | NA | NA | 2982 (37.7) | 167 (1.1) | . . . |
| Non-Indian clinic (FQHC) | NA | NA | 1277 (16.1) | 4525 (30.0) | . . . |
| Physicians’ office | NA | NA | 1307 (16.5) | 4927 (32.7) | . . . |
| Hospital outpatient clinic | NA | NA | 286 (3.6) | 945 (6.3) | . . . |
| Other organized clinic | NA | NA | 167 (2.1) | 457 (3.0) | . . . |
| No dominant source | NA | NA | 706 (8.9) | 723 (4.8) | . . . |
| No ambulatory visit | NA | NA | 1185 (15.0) | 3331 (22.1) | < .001 |
Note. AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native; FQHC = federally qualified health clinic.
aχ2 test comparing distributions of AIAN and White users.
bMetro designates county groups that contain part of a large metropolitan statistical area.
cIncludes medically indigent adults.