Table 4.

Proportions of meeting each MTM eligibility criterion among the Medicare population in 1996–1997.

Criterion	Groups	Non-Hispanic Whites		Non-Hispanic Blacks		Hispanics
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of conditions≥2	No	1,872	36.99	344	35.81	298	38.03
	Yes	3,597	63.01	639	64.19	504	61.97
No. of conditions≥3	No	2,904	55.93	540	55.42	432	53.03
	Yes	2,565	44.07	443	44.58	370	46.97
No. of conditions≥5	No	4,436	81.94	824	83.46	659	80.37
	Yes	1,033	18.06	159	16.54	143	19.63
No. of drugs≥2a	No	1,177	22.56	270	28.33	201	25.52
	Yes	4,292	77.44	713	71.67	601	74.48
No. of drugs≥5	No	2,890	54.20	553	58.23	432	53.90
	Yes	2,579	45.80	430	41.77	370	46.10
No. of drugs≥15	No	4,110	76.24	762	79.77	610	75.05
	Yes	1,359	23.76	221	20.23	192	24.95
No. of drugs≥25	No	5,205	95.58	945	96.48	758	94.34
	Yes	264	4.42	38	3.52	44	5.66
Drug costs>$4,000	No	5,219	95.81	944	96.48	771	96.19
	Yes	250	4.19	39	3.52	31	3.81
Drug costs>$3,000	No	4,980	91.80	907	93.53	748	92.61
	Yes	489	8.20	76	6.47	54	7.39

^aP<0.05 for the differences between non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks.

Differences between non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics were not significant for any criteria.