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. 2011 Dec 11;1(4):001.04.a03. doi: 10.5600/mmrr.001.04.a03

Exhibit 4. Medicaid Personal Health Care Spending Per Enrollee, Average Annual Growth and Share of State's Total Personal Health Care Spending, By Region & State Of Residence; Calendar Years 1998, 2004, & 2009.

Region and State of residence Medicaid personal health care spending
Spending per enrollee in dollars Average annual growth in per enrollee spending As share (%) of state's personal health care spending



1998 2004 2009 1998– 2004 2004– 2009 1998 2004 2009



United States $5,023 $6,089 $6,826 3.3% 2.3% 15.4% 17.1% 16.5%
New England 7,092 8,948 8,983 3.9 0.1 19.0 18.6 18.3
 Connecticut 8,339 8,889 10,933 1.1 4.2 17.9 16.4 18.1
 Maine 7,239 7,881 8,077 1.4 0.5 21.8 23.0 21.8
 Massachusetts 6,760 9,231 8,278 5.3 -2.2 19.3 18.6 18.2
 New Hampshire 9,392 11,043 10,302 2.7 -1.4 16.1 15.6 12.7
 Rhode Island 7,447 10,115 10,780 5.2 1.3 21.0 23.2 20.3
 Vermont 3,553 6,054 7,389 9.3 4.1 17.7 20.1 22.5
Mideast 7,793 9,341 9,821 3.1 1.0 21.2 22.4 21.2
 Delaware 5,096 5,649 6,679 1.7 3.4 13.0 13.9 14.7
 District of Columbia 7,190 8,524 10,487 2.9 4.2 24.4 24.1 25.4
 Maryland 5,207 7,475 8,533 6.2 2.7 12.6 14.3 14.3
 New Jersey 7,242 9,872 10,825 5.3 1.9 14.0 13.8 13.9
 New York 9,752 10,141 10,708 0.7 1.1 29.9 31.1 29.2
 Pennsylvania 5,447 8,199 8,049 7.1 -0.4 15.1 17.2 16.1
Great Lakes 5,076 5,984 6,416 2.8 1.4 13.6 14.8 15.5
 Illinois 4,368 5,208 5,773 3.0 2.1 13.5 14.3 15.9
 Indiana 5,676 6,456 6,229 2.2 -0.7 12.1 14.2 13.6
 Michigan 4,472 5,282 5,703 2.8 1.5 13.3 13.9 14.5
 Ohio 5,861 7,365 7,469 3.9 0.3 14.6 16.8 16.3
 Wisconsin 6,451 5,924 7,584 -1.4 5.1 13.6 13.5 16.4
Plains 5,592 7,364 8,471 4.7 2.8 13.7 16.0 15.4
 Iowa 5,415 7,460 6,887 5.5 -1.6 12.3 13.8 13.8
 Kansas 6,064 6,979 8,069 2.4 2.9 10.9 12.2 12.1
 Minnesota 6,269 9,044 9,851 6.3 1.7 14.7 17.2 17.3
 Missouri 4,880 6,380 8,398 4.6 5.7 14.8 19.0 17.7
 Nebraska 5,772 7,548 8,228 4.6 1.7 15.3 14.0 12.6
 North Dakota 7,349 9,139 10,111 3.7 2.0 12.6 12.7 11.7
 South Dakota 5,507 6,268 6,938 2.2 2.1 12.7 13.4 12.1
Southeast $3,931 $5,414 $6,050 5.5% 2.2% 13.4% 15.9% 14.6%
 Alabama 3,886 4,301 5,086 1.7 3.4 12.2 14.1 13.9
 Arkansas 3,996 4,379 5,871 1.5 6.0 15.1 19.3 19.0
 Florida 4,013 5,485 5,855 5.3 1.3 9.6 12.0 10.8
 Georgia 3,607 5,532 4,835 7.4 -2.7 12.7 17.6 12.8
 Kentucky 4,678 6,462 7,089 5.5 1.9 17.0 18.6 18.2
 Louisiana 4,560 5,208 6,371 2.2 4.1 15.9 18.8 20.5
 Mississippi 3,907 5,241 5,850 5.0 2.2 16.8 23.2 18.7
 North Carolina 4,789 6,641 7,275 5.6 1.8 16.2 17.9 17.6
 South Carolina 3,604 4,775 6,606 4.8 6.7 14.7 17.5 16.6
 Tennessee 2,762 4,829 5,150 9.8 1.3 17.0 20.3 16.3
 Virginia 4,113 5,815 7,088 5.9 4.0 9.8 10.3 11.1
 West Virginia 4,788 6,588 6,886 5.5 0.9 18.3 18.1 16.7
Southwest 4,302 4,984 6,279 2.5 4.7 12.7 15.4 16.7
 Arizona 3,520 4,229 5,739 3.1 6.3 11.0 17.6 21.1
 New Mexico 3,715 4,975 6,409 5.0 5.2 16.9 22.5 21.8
 Oklahoma 4,352 5,038 6,265 2.5 4.5 11.2 14.0 15.8
 Texas 4,560 5,244 6,469 2.4 4.3 13.0 14.5 15.3
Rocky Mountains 5,731 6,335 7,407 1.7 3.2 11.5 12.4 12.1
 Colorado 6,024 6,439 7,038 1.1 1.8 11.0 11.3 11.4
 Idaho 5,389 5,951 7,093 1.7 3.6 11.7 15.4 14.3
 Montana 6,148 7,468 9,937 3.3 5.9 13.7 13.5 13.2
 Utah 5,186 5,956 7,293 2.3 4.1 11.3 12.1 11.3
 Wyoming 5,661 6,374 8,079 2.0 4.9 11.6 14.0 13.3
Far West 3,630 4,169 4,963 2.3 3.5 14.9 16.8 15.7
 Alaska 5,658 10,007 11,569 10.0 2.9 14.8 19.5 16.7
 California 3,412 3,806 4,569 1.8 3.7 15.2 17.8 16.9
 Hawaii 3,774 5,095 5,852 5.1 2.8 12.0 13.7 13.0
 Nevada 5,230 5,713 6,003 1.5 1.0 8.3 9.5 8.6
 Oregon 4,380 6,180 7,896 5.9 5.0 14.4 14.2 14.0
 Washington 4,333 5,366 6,018 3.6 2.3 15.7 15.7 13.2

NOTE: Enrollees are measured in calendar person-years.

SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group.