Table 4.

Descriptive results for outcomes across racial and ethnic groups for the MTM-ineligible and MTM-eligible individuals based on the main analysis for 2006 eligibility criteria.

Variables	MTM eligibility	Non-Hispanic Whites	Non-Hispanic Blacks	Hispanics
Health status
Self-perceived good health status	MTM-ineligible	82.82%	70.75%	72.24%
	MTM-eligible	56.98%	52.14%	43.43%
Self-perceived health status
Excellent		18.93%	11.87%	14.22%
Very good		32.12%	23.55%	23.55%
Good	MTM-ineligible	31.76%	35.33%	34.47%
Fair		12.74%	23.36%	23.21%
Poor		4.44%	5.89%	4.55%
Self-perceived health status
Excellent		4.96%	3.42%	5.05%
Very good		19.76%	11.11%	1.01%
Good	MTM-eligible	32.27%	37.61%	37.37%
Fair		28.68%	41.03%	41.41%
Poor		14.34%	6.84%	15.15%
Number of chronic conditions	MTM-ineligible	3.20	3.13	2.71
	MTM-eligible	5.60	5.38	5.30
Activities of daily living	MTM-ineligible	0.54	0.82	0.23
	MTM-eligible	1.17	1.26	1.36
Instrumental activities of daily living	MTM-ineligible	0.74	1.17	0.80
	MTM-eligible	1.52	1.72	2.06
Health services utilization and costs
Number of physician visits	MTM-ineligible	25.16	22.14	22.22
	MTM-eligible	49.03	45.52	49.48
Costs of physician visits	MTM-ineligible	3105.79	2501.86	2935.55
	MTM-eligible	6269.54	4952.13	6423.32
Number of emergency room visits	MTM-ineligible	0.16	0.16	0.20
	MTM-eligible	0.30	0.14	0.38
Costs of emergency room visits	MTM-ineligible	70.78	77.36	87.21
	MTM-eligible	120.63	205.43	130.92
Number of hospitalizations	MTM-ineligible	0.30	0.36	0.25
	MTM-eligible	0.66	0.61	0.59
Costs of hospitalizations	MTM-ineligible	2723.32	3888.61	2387.10
	MTM-eligible	5414.19	5007.72	4784.11
Total health care costs	MTM-ineligible	9474.39	9981.45	8557.10
	MTM-eligible	21544.45	18657.81	19686.20
Medication utilization patterns
Two high risk medications	MTM-ineligible	4.17%	2.94%	2.95%
	MTM-eligible	11.71%	11.97%	10.10%
Generic dispensing ratio	MTM-ineligible	0.21	0.22	0.23
	MTM-eligible	0.21	0.22	0.21