TABLE 1—

Older Americans’ Health Care Use: Health and Retirement Study (HRS), 2004–2008

Medical Care	Percentage Without Use, 2004–2008a	Percentage With Use, 2004–2008b	Percentage With Use, 2004–2006 and Without Use, 2006–2008	Percentage Without Use, 2004–2006 and With Use, 2006–2008
Physician visit	2.16	90.58	3.41	3.85
Inpatient hospitalc	65.24	10.02	11.31	13.43
Outpatient surgery	64.78	8.33	13.53	13.36
Home health care	91.27	1.43	3.01	4.28

Note. The sample size for the table contains 11 847 persons, representing 56.036 million older Americans who were in intact reporting households in both the 2006 and 2008 HRS with positive person weights and without missing values. The base for the percentages is the total weighted population of 56.036 million persons. Percentages may not equal 100% because of rounding.

^aIndicates no medical care use in the HRS survey periods 2004–2006 and 2006–2008.

^bIndicates medical care use in both HRS survey periods 2004–2006 and 2006–2008.

^cUse indicates at least 1 overnight stay in a hospital during a 2-year HRS survey period.