Table 1.
Sample Statistics before and after Matching
| Before Matching |
After Matching |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Un, Sick | Un, H | Ins, S | Ins, H | Un, S | Un, H | Ins, S | Ins, H | |
| # of households | 454 | 3,810 | 3,175 | 22,197 | 304 | 304 | 304 | 304 |
| % with diabetes | 28 | * | 24 | 0 | 25 | * | 23 | 0 |
| % with cancer | 14 | * | 17 | 0 | 16 | * | 16 | 0 |
| % with heart disease | 20 | * | 26 | 0 | 22 | * | 21 | 0 |
| % with lung disease | 13 | * | 13 | 0 | 12 | * | 13 | 0 |
| % with psychiatric | 26 | * | 22 | 0 | 21 | * | 22 | 0 |
| % with stroke | 10 | * | 8 | 0 | 8 | * | 8 | 0 |
| Preillness assets | ||||||||
| Mean | U.S.$101,188 | U.S.$144,388 | U.S.$198,261 | U.S.$228,789 | U.S.$107,904 | U.S.$109,551 | U.S.$103,545 | U.S.$108,302 |
| Median | U.S.$11,078 | U.S.$20,144 | U.S.$65,672 | U.S.$83,111 | U.S.$14,267 | U.S.$14,635 | U.S.$13,730 | U.S.$14,230 |
| % with | ||||||||
| <U.S.$1,000 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.4 |
| U.S.$1,000–U.S.$5,000 | 24.9 | 19.1 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 22.8 | 23.8 | 21.3 | 20.1 |
| U.S.$5,000–U.S.$20,000 | 28.0 | 23.6 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 26.5 | 26.9 | 25.3 | 27.9 |
| U.S.$20,000–U.S.$35,000 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| U.S.$35,000–U.S.$50,000 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| U.S.$50,000–U.S.$100,000 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 9.1 |
| U.S.$100,000–U.S.$200,000 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 8.4 |
| >U.S.$200,000 | 9.9 | 16.9 | 24.9 | 29.1 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| Preillness income | ||||||||
| Mean | U.S.$35,523 | U.S.$45,988 | U.S.$72,678 | U.S.$75,489 | U.S.$42,433 | U.S.$41,837 | U.S.$42,905 | U.S.$42,493 |
| Median | U.S.$23,552 | U.S.$30,239 | U.S.$58,748 | U.S.$60,167 | U.S.$31,185 | U.S.$31,084 | U.S.$31,104 | U.S.$31,487 |
| % with | ||||||||
| <U.S.$15,000 | 32.5 | 26.6 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 17.5 |
| U.S.$15,000–U.S.$30,000 | 26.9 | 23.3 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 29.9 | 30.4 |
| U.S.$30,000–U.S.$45,000 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 19.1 |
| U.S.$45,000–U.S.$60,000 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 12.9 |
| U.S.$60,000—75,000 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| >U.S.$75,000 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| % non-White | 26 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
| % with some college | 31 | 36 | 54 | 57 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 35 |
| % unmarried | 38 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
| % preexisting condition | 52 | 45 | 56 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 |
| % who own home | 71 | 73 | 86 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
| % change in assets | ||||||||
| Mean | 1486 | 1327 | 74 | 123 | 2263 | 291 | 788 | 146 |
| 25th percentile | −96% | −76% | −57% | −48% | −92% | −76% | −71% | −67% |
| 50th percentile | −41% | −19% | −6% | 1% | −37% | −8% | −6% | −17% |
| 75th percentile | 35% | 83% | 73% | 81% | 57% | 110% | 105% | 98% |
| 90th percentile | 410% | 406% | 281% | 297% | 436% | 432% | 487% | 402% |
| 99th percentile | 6449% | 6661% | 3668% | 2593% | 6449% | 7231% | 20000% | 6594% |
*
Notes. Less than 4% of healthy, uninsured households have a insured member with a new diagnosis of one of the six conditions.
All income and asset values are in 2006 dollars.