Table 2.

5 HCUP States vs All 50 States

	All 50 States	5 HCUP States
Medicare Expenditures, 2003-2009 ($)
Total Expenditures	8,633	8,852
Hospital Expenditures	4,314	4,247
Physician Expenditures	2,421	2,833
Hospital Outpatient Expenditures	906	790
Area Resource File Covariates, 1999–2009
% Female	51	51
% White	81	79
% Black	13	11
% Hispanic	13	23
% Below Poverty Level	13	13
% Unemployed	5	5
Per Capita Income	37,755	40,678
% Over 65	13	13
GPs / 10,000 pop	2.9	2.5
Specialists / 10,000 pop	8.5	10.2
Surgeons / 10,000 pop	5.1	5.5

5 HCUP states include NY, MA, AZ, FL and CA. All dollar figures are in 2009 dollars. Medicare expenditure data from the Dartmouth Atlas.