Table 2.

Numbers and proportions of individuals across racial and ethnic groups that would be eligible for MTM services in 1996–1997 according to 2008 eligibility criteria.

Analyses	Number of Part D Drugs	Number of Chronic Conditions	Groups	Number Eligible	Number Eligible Weighted	Proportion Eligible (%)
Main Analysis	≥ 5	≥ 3	Whites	218	2,213,487	3.53
			Blacks	39	249,685	3.52
			Hispanics	29	133,588	3.42
Sensitivity Analysis 1	≥ 5	≥ 2	Whites	203	1,970,807	3.14
			Blacks	33	198,880	2.80
			Hispanics	26	122,380	3.14
Sensitivity Analysis 2	≥ 5	≥ 5	Whites	129	1,280,298	2.04
			Blacks	17	117,679	1.66
			Hispanics	18	95,640	2.45
Sensitivity Analysis 3	≥ 2	≥ 3	Whites	209	2,056,866	3.28
			Blacks	33	198,880	2.80
			Hispanics	26	122,380	3.14
Sensitivity Analysis 4	≥ 2	≥ 2	Whites	231	2,382,206	3.80
			Blacks	39	249,685	3.52
			Hispanics	29	133,588	3.42
Sensitivity Analysis 5	≥ 2	≥ 5	Whites	131	1,315,030	2.10
			Blacks	17	117,679	1.66
			Hispanics	18	95,640	2.45
Sensitivity Analysis 6	≥ 15	≥ 3	Whites	83	762,634	1.22
			Blacks	6	51,811	0.73
			Hispanics	11	42,941	1.10
Sensitivity Analysis 7	≥ 15	≥ 2	Whites	86	838,846	1.34
			Blacks	8	58,165	0.82
			Hispanics	13	50,250	1.29
Sensitivity Analysis 8	≥ 15	≥ 5	Whites	62	566,763	0.90
			Blacks	5	49,514	0.70
			Hispanics	9	34,934	0.90

Note: Whites: non-Hispanic whites; Blacks: non-Hispanic blacks; total Part D drugs costs ≥ 4,000 in 2006 dollar for all analyses.

P > 0.05 when comparing Whites to Blacks and Whites to Hispanics based on all analyses.